In the newsMusicTina Turner: Amy, the drugs don't workLike an R&B agony aunt, the singer offers Amy Winehouse her words of wisdom on substance use. Plus, Coldplay stand on the shoulder of Oasis, and Take That's offensive facial hair blights their Ivor Novello winThere are sage words from Tina Turner this morning on the welfare of Amy Winehouse. That said, we wonder if there's a celebrity in the land who doesn't have an opinion on Amy Winehouse.
2 Jan 202421.58 GMTJacob Steinberg was at the London Stadium tonight, and his report is in. Here it is! Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night.
Alphonse Areola defiant as West Ham frustrate Brighton in stalemate Read more2 Jan 202421.57 GMTThat’s also West Ham’s fourth Premier League clean sheet in a row, and David Moyes speaks to Sky. “I’m thrilled with the result and the point … Brighton played very well and were the better side … we might have had the best chance in the game from Tomáš Souček and when that didn’t go in I thought we’re going to find a way of getting a nil … thankfully our players done a great job in getting that … when you play really good teams, which we have over Christmas, we’ve had to be really compact … be as organised as we can be to keep the opposition out … the boys at the back have done a brilliant job … my goalkeeper played very well … and we got a point for it … I’m really pleased we’ve got another clean sheet.
Floral tributes placed outside the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham in memory of Adam Johnson, the Nottingham Panthers ice hockey player who was killed in an accident during a match last month. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianFloral tributes placed outside the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham in memory of Adam Johnson, the Nottingham Panthers ice hockey player who was killed in an accident during a match last month. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianIce hockeyThree weeks after Johnson’s death during a game for Nottingham Panthers, Britain’s tight-knit ice hockey community has found itself in an uncomfortable spotlight
Japan This article is more than 2 months oldJapan gets a new island after undersea volcano eruptsThis article is more than 2 months oldNew landmass about 100 metres across pops up above the waves near Iwoto island after eruptions began last month
Japan has gained another island to add to its already impressive collection, after an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200km (745 miles) south of Tokyo created a new landmass.
Experts said the tiny island emerged after a series of eruptions that began in October near Iwoto island, part of the Ogasawara island chain in the western Pacific.
BBC This article is more than 9 years oldJeremy Clarkson 'begs forgiveness' over N-word footageThis article is more than 9 years oldTop Gear presenter says his efforts to obscure word while reciting eeny meeny miny moe 'weren't quite good enough'Jeremy Clarkson has begged viewers' forgiveness after he appeared to use the N-word during filming of his BBC programme Top Gear.
In a video statement posted online on Thursday, he said that he had tried to obscure the word when reciting the "
Vivienne Westwood: her life and career – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email A look at the famous fashion designer’s greatest moments, after her death at the age of 81
Remembering Vivienne Westwood: ‘The rebel who was never without a cause’ Greg Whitmore
Main image: Vivienne Westwood, 1999. Photograph: Jane Bown/The Observer Thu 29 Dec 2022 16.
A life in ...BooksInterviewWolfgang Streeck: the German economist calling time on capitalismAditya ChakraborttyThe political economist on Trump’s election, why we should be happy about Brexit and the crises facing western democracy
Outside was panic. Barely a couple of hours after Donald Trump had been declared the next president of the United States and even the political columnists, those sleek interlocutors of power, were in shock. At the National Gallery in London, however, one of the few thinkers to have anticipated Trump’s rise was ready to see some paintings.
Pop and rockAnother student union has banned Robin Thicke's party track. How did it become such a lightning rod for moral outrage and censorship?This week, University College London student union (UCLU) took the unusual step of banning a single song, Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. It joins around 20 other UK student unions to do so. This is the latest development in the story of how the biggest song of the year became the most controversial of the decade: an unprecedented achievement, though not one that fills Thicke with pride.
Children's booksChildren's booksConfess by Colleen Hoover – review ‘By the end my stomach was clenched as I hoped fate really existed despite how cheesy fiction makes it out to be’
The title Confess says it all. Compact with secrets and lies, Colleen Hoover is both discrete and reveals the truth. Owen is an artist who gains inspiration from anonymous confessions (which happen to be real life confessions).
I think this concept is amazing.