Obese Brits struggling to work as study shows overweight people take more sick days
OBESE Britons are struggling to work as a study shows overweight people take more sick days. Just being overweight, like two thirds of UK adults,…
Long-term sickness now main reason women are out of work, damning stats show
LONG-term sickness is now the top reason women are out of work, official statistics show. The number of ill and unemployed females is at 1.54 million…
Venice Family Clinic Art Walk, a fight to save L.A. youth orchestras and your guide to L.A. culture this week
Civic Youth Orchestra (Courtesy of Civic Youth Orchestra / Photo by Bill Kraus) Hello and welcome to another week of Essential Arts, where we highlight…
John Pisano, dean of L.A. jazz guitar, dies at 93
Jazz guitarist extraordinaire John Pisano, renowned for his solid rhythm, melodic solo lines and generosity, died May 2 at his home in Studio City with…
Premier League cult hero, 30, blasts Stoke as ‘s*** place to work’ after seeing career fall apart
FORMER Premier League cult hero Saido Berahino has blasted Stoke as a "s*** place to work" as he opens up on his career. The former…
Government moves to fund students on university placements for teaching, nursing and social work
In short: The government will establish a new Commonwealth payment for an estimated 68,000 students studying nursing, teaching and social work.These students often report ‘placement…
Frank Stella, minimalist painter and sculptor, dies at 87
NEW YORK — Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements,…
Stars Wars Day, Alice Wang’s extraterrestrial art and more LA culture
Hello and May the 4th be with you! From a cultural galaxy near, near by, the Essential Arts newsletter is back again, corralling the best…
This Gaza journalist’s work has helped injured Palestinians | Gaza
NewsFeed“Palestinian journalists have seen what no journalist has.” For World Press Freedom Day we spoke to Gaza journalist Hani Aburezeq. He’s been showing Israel’s war…
‘Wildcat’ review: Ethan and Maya Hawke do the O’Connor story
Flannery O’Connor’s thrillingly hard-edged tales about the unreconstructed South and its redemption-deficient malcontents will never lose their power to scratch us awake with their violence,…
Brits fly to Italy for day trip to get a pizza – and return home in time for work
Morgan Bold, 27, and Jess Wooder, 26, flew to Pisa, Italy, for a day trip and were back in bed in Liverpool by 11pm -…
World Central Kitchen says it will resume work in Gaza
Staff members of the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen wait at a hospital morgue, a day after a convoy of the NGO was hit…
Two Russian journalists arrested over alleged work for Navalny group | Freedom of the Press News
Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin deny ‘extremism’ charges related to group founded by late anti-Putin dissident. Two Russian journalists have been arrested by their government…
I work in luxury student housing & make cash selling designer buys people leave behind – I’ve rescued Gucci from the bin
A WOMAN has revealed some of the 'insane' items that she saved from being thrown in the bin at the luxury student accommodation where she…
I work on a cruise ship – newbie passengers always make the same mistakes… and it makes the crew furious
A CRUISE ship worker has revealed the same mistakes new passengers always leave the crew fuming. Birmingham native Lucy Southerton, 28, frequently offers tips on…
Artist Marj Millar known for Brazen Hussies on Regency cards launches exhibition of life’s work
In short: Marj Miller, 96, has worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for more than 70 years.She is holding an exhibition of her life's work, including her…
Roasting LACMA’s big bet in Vegas
John Valadez’s 2024 acrylic painting “Chaos,” 84 inches by 144 inches, at Luis de Jesus gallery in Los Angeles. (Courtesy of John Valadez and Luis…
I gave up my home to live in my work van full-time – I sold everything I own… & don’t buy anything as there’s no room
A MAN has revealed he gave up his home and all his belongings to live in his work van full time for good. Brad, who…
‘Dangerous’ smart motorways ‘regularly fail to work properly and put drivers at risk of DEATH’, investigation finds
ENGLAND’S smart motorway network has been branded as “dangerous” and “regularly fails to work properly,” putting motorists at “risk of death,” an investigation has revealed.…
Festival of Books at USC, Andrew Scott and your ultimate culture guide to the weekend and beyond
(Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) Apparently some lady named Taylor has a new album — or two. We’re still trying to make sense of “Tortured Poets…