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2024.12.27
Dec. 27th, 2024 08:29 am‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to Mexico City
A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote health, wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods
Luke Taylor in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor
Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025
Carter Sherman
The anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to control information about how and where to obtain abortions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/27/speech-anti-abortion-movement
Sailors killed in double Sydney to Hobart tragedy named ahead of ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’
Roy Quaden, 55, and Nick Smith, 65, dead after incidents on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline
Emily Wind, Elias Visontay and Australian Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/27/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2024-two-sailors-killed
Plantwatch: the smelly deception of titan arum’s phallic spadix
Plant native to Sumatra boasts huge fly-attracting flower that can be sustained for only a few days
Paul Simons
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/27/plantwatch-the-smelly-deception-of-titan-arums-phallic-spadix
Fantasy house hunt
Ultimate fantasy homes for sale in Great Britain – in pictures
From a Grade I-listed building in Norfolk designed by Sir John Soane to a minimalist cottage in the Scottish countryside
Anna White
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2024/dec/27/ultimate-fantasy-homes-for-sale-in-great-britain-in-pictures
Pictures of the year
The photographs that defined 2024 – and the stories behind them
As conflict dragged on in Gaza and Ukraine, violence dogged the US election; floods and fires raged, but bravery and humanity shone through. Photographers recall the moments when they took these era-defining photos
By Sarah Gilbert and Emine Saner
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/26/the-photographs-that-defined-2024-and-the-stories-behind-them
Ittsa Quiz!
From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year
Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you
Steph Harmon and Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/25/from-moo-deng-to-me-espresso-its-the-2024-bumper-pop-culture-quiz-of-the-year
The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand
Flaky pastry filled with seafood delicacy gains cult status and draws crowds to sleepy beach community
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/the-paua-and-the-glory-cafes-creation-sparks-pie-mania-in-new-zealand
A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote health, wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods
Luke Taylor in Mexico City
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/mexico-city-utopias-project-mayor
Why speech could be a target for the anti-abortion movement in 2025
Carter Sherman
The anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to control information about how and where to obtain abortions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/27/speech-anti-abortion-movement
Sailors killed in double Sydney to Hobart tragedy named ahead of ‘challenging night in the Bass Strait’
Roy Quaden, 55, and Nick Smith, 65, dead after incidents on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline
Emily Wind, Elias Visontay and Australian Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/27/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2024-two-sailors-killed
Plantwatch: the smelly deception of titan arum’s phallic spadix
Plant native to Sumatra boasts huge fly-attracting flower that can be sustained for only a few days
Paul Simons
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/27/plantwatch-the-smelly-deception-of-titan-arums-phallic-spadix
Fantasy house hunt
Ultimate fantasy homes for sale in Great Britain – in pictures
From a Grade I-listed building in Norfolk designed by Sir John Soane to a minimalist cottage in the Scottish countryside
Anna White
https://www.theguardian.com/money/gallery/2024/dec/27/ultimate-fantasy-homes-for-sale-in-great-britain-in-pictures
Pictures of the year
The photographs that defined 2024 – and the stories behind them
As conflict dragged on in Gaza and Ukraine, violence dogged the US election; floods and fires raged, but bravery and humanity shone through. Photographers recall the moments when they took these era-defining photos
By Sarah Gilbert and Emine Saner
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/26/the-photographs-that-defined-2024-and-the-stories-behind-them
Ittsa Quiz!
From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year
Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you
Steph Harmon and Sian Cain
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/25/from-moo-deng-to-me-espresso-its-the-2024-bumper-pop-culture-quiz-of-the-year
The pāua and the glory: cafe’s creation sparks pie mania in New Zealand
Flaky pastry filled with seafood delicacy gains cult status and draws crowds to sleepy beach community
Eva Corlett in Wellington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/the-paua-and-the-glory-cafes-creation-sparks-pie-mania-in-new-zealand
