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Tourist fined for getting too close to Walrus in Norway
Police prosecutor Magnus Rindal Fredriksen said the man was trying to get a ‘good picture’
1-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
Intimate David Hockney sketch he gave to his dentist goes up for sale
An intimate sketch by David Hockney of one of his lovers is coming to the market for the first time, more than half a century after he gave it to his dentist, apparently in appreciation of work carried out on his teeth.
4-min read - LifestyleThe Guardian
All play and no work: a fun renovation in Mexico City
A home in an old office block clocks on a new look
4-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
‘You’re not going to spend £1m to overlook a nudist beach’: inside Portsmouth’s property dilemma
A security guard and his Alsatian patrol the former Royal Naval gunnery, behind the high, rusty barbed wire fence that separates the beach and its walkers from the derelict site. The jumble of buildings used throughout the Cold War lie gaunt and forgotten, weeds growing tall among cracks in giant paving slabs and piles of rubble; the only splashes of colour from bright red gas canisters discarded behind a decrepit caravan.
7-min read - LifestyleThe Telegraph
The anatomy of a perfect holiday kids’ club
There is a particular parental state of bliss, when you know that your child is having a wonderful time while you relax. You have dodged the “Muuum, I’m bored” bullet, at least for the next half an hour, and you have a chance of reading a book, going for a run, or pursuing an uninterrupted conversation with another adult.
11-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
‘A true foot-stomping, cross-generational delight,’ plus the best of April’s classical concerts
After the unexpected success of last year’s Northern soul Prom – the concert has had over a million plays on iPlayer and Sounds – the BBC will surely be hoping for another Cinderella-story moment in 2024 (the Sound of Disco, on July 20, looks like the safest bet).
28-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
The Other Boleyn Girl, Chichester, review: a serviceable start to a new artistic reign
The late Hilary Mantel made her name and catapulted Thomas Cromwell to the forefront of our attention with Wolf Hall in 2009. Around that time, the BBC series The Tudors also continued to blow the scholarly dust off Henry VIII et al, with its bodice-ripping welter of intrigue.
3-min read