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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Blogposts | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/tone/blog</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025</copyright> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 07:41:15 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2025-08-27T07:41:15Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2025</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Tributes on death of Queen Elizabeth – as it happened</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-royals-monarchy-latest-news-updates</link> <description><p>This live blog is closed. Follow our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/09/queen-elizabeth-ii-death-king-charles-iii-funeral-mourning-coronation-latest-news-live-updates">new live blog here</a></p><p>The Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, said the Queen’s death was a “terrible loss for us all”, adding: “We will miss her beyond measure.”</p><p>He said: “For all of us, the Queen has been a constant presence in our lives – as familiar as a member of the family, yet one who has exercised a calm and steadying influence over our country. Most of us have never known a time when she was not there.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-royals-monarchy-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/queen">Queen Elizabeth II</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/monarchy">Monarchy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/prince-charles">King Charles III</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 09:10:38 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2022/sep/08/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-royals-monarchy-latest-news-updates</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6f7c76b7c2d01481c2b739070b71cee7284bde41/0_388_5820_3492/master/5820.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8e18e12d2f1919c762799c08d512fda9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jasmine Leung/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6f7c76b7c2d01481c2b739070b71cee7284bde41/0_388_5820_3492/master/5820.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=99c14a4acdd9d4b3d35878e87b8f2c31"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jasmine Leung/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6f7c76b7c2d01481c2b739070b71cee7284bde41/0_388_5820_3492/master/5820.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c0fec3cffde5f61b8f06096e9a4ce249"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Jasmine Leung/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Alexandra Topping, Martin Farrer and Nadeem Badshah</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-09-09T09:10:38Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The truth about being a community organiser</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2011/mar/22/truth-community-organiser</link> <description>They need trust, status and money, says community organiser Marie Osborne<p>We've heard a lot in recent weeks about the "big society" from politicians and commentators, but what is it really like to be a "community organiser" in an ordinary place in middle England? And what sort of support should Locality – just awarded the <a href="http://www.actionforall.org.uk/communityaction/news/view/1423">£15 million big society contract</a>- be giving to the army of 5,000 professional community organisers?</p><p>I have been working for the past 11 years as an unpaid community organiser in Wolverton, a small town now part of Milton Keynes. I am not unique – every community has people who do a huge amount of this kind of work unsupported and unpaid. Where I do differ is that, before I had a family, I did much the same work as I do now as a paid job, so I have a pretty good idea of what I am doing. I should start by saying that the lot of a volunteer community organiser is not an easy one.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2011/mar/22/truth-community-organiser">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/sustainable-business">Guardian sustainable business</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/social-enterprise">Social enterprise</category> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:09:12 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2011/mar/22/truth-community-organiser</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f13086d08d63757d1801440e8547e16856ada854/130_283_7230_4336/master/7230.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b024e75e59f050edb9a6501271035f84"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: 10’000 Hours/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f13086d08d63757d1801440e8547e16856ada854/130_283_7230_4336/master/7230.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3041e89db7976f23448d1d14942f3833"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: 10’000 Hours/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f13086d08d63757d1801440e8547e16856ada854/130_283_7230_4336/master/7230.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b365139efb2ced65c0893a8b50314db7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: 10’000 Hours/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Marie Osborne</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-06-06T15:09:12Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Prince Philip: tributes paid to Duke of Edinburgh after death aged 99</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-latest-updates</link> <description><p>Prince Philip has died at 99. Follow the latest updates as the royal family and people around the world react to his death</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies">Full report: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, dies aged 99</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/queen-royal-family-mourn-prince-philip-tributes-pour-in">Queen and royal family mourn Prince Philip as tributes pour in</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-harry-could-face-quarantine-to-attend-philip-funeral">Prince Harry could face quarantine to attend Philip funeral</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/i-feel-really-sad-mourners-in-windsor-pay-tribute-to-prince-philip">‘I feel really sad’: mourners in Windsor pay tribute to Prince Philip</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/what-are-plans-prince-philip-funeral-duke-of-edinburgh">What are the plans for Prince Philip’s funeral?</a><br></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-the-duke-of-edinburgh-obituary">Prince Philip obituary: longest-serving consort of a British monarch</a></li></ul><p><strong>Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury</strong>, said in a statement:</p><p>I join with the rest of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in mourning the loss of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and give thanks to God for his extraordinary life of dedicated service. Prince Philip continually demonstrated his unfailing support and unstinting loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen for 73 years.</p><p>He consistently put the interests of others ahead of his own and, in so doing, provided an outstanding example of Christian service. During his naval career, in which he served with distinction in the second world war, he won the respect of his peers as an outstanding officer.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/prince-philip">Prince Philip</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/monarchy">Monarchy</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/uk">UK news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/queen">Queen Elizabeth II</category> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 22:27:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2021/apr/09/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh-dies-latest-updates</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/53e19ed63408275187ed4f0d2fee52930c2dacc7/0_71_2658_1595/master/2658.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=32c9432a35f2afe9626739ca157b78c0"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: WPA/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/53e19ed63408275187ed4f0d2fee52930c2dacc7/0_71_2658_1595/master/2658.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1bffe9fb726f332aa6e07adbc2d8f7f9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: WPA/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/53e19ed63408275187ed4f0d2fee52930c2dacc7/0_71_2658_1595/master/2658.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=52b28e5c1f3c9681a12aa5929a9afd8d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: WPA/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Nadeem Badshah (now) and Jessica Murray (earlier)</dc:creator> <dc:date>2021-04-09T22:27:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Olivia de Havilland: Hollywood’s queen of radiant calm | Peter Bradshaw</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/01/olivia-de-havilland-100-years-old-gone-with-the-wind</link> <description><p>The Gone With the Wind star, known for her lifelong feud with her sister as much as the bewitching brilliance of her acting, and the last link to Hollywood’s golden age</p><p>Olivia de Havilland established herself for ever in the film world’s collective memory at the age of 22, as the wise, gentle and beautiful Melanie Hamilton in the colossal epic Gone With the Wind. The film appeared in 1939 as war was breaking out in Europe: the mighty theme of old orders being swept away was especially potent. De Havilland was an exemplar of radiant womanly calmness, a polar opposite to the capricious sexiness of Vivien Leigh’s bewitching belle Scarlett O’Hara. The role probably encumbered her with something stately and reserved, which she never entirely lost – though with a hint of mystery and suppressed emotional tumult, on screen and off. Because, however sedate her image, De Havilland was the subject of two of the juiciest scandals of Hollywood’s golden age: her relationship with longtime co-star Errol Flynn, and her lifelong feud with her sister and rival <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/16/joan-fontaine">Joan Fontaine</a>.</p><p>When De Havilland walked on the stage for the 2003 Oscars to present an award – to the crashing accompaniment of the Gone With the Wind score – this snowy-haired grandmotherly figure was greeted with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyOYokyiCF8">a standing ovation that went on for about four minutes</a>, a tribute to the real old school. But this is complicated. It is not just that De Havilland was one of the very few survivors of the studio system, she personally took action that effectively put an end to it. In 1943, she sued her employer Warner Brothers for adding a suspension period to her contract term for turning down a role, and won the case. Contract servitude for Hollywood stars was over and the new rule of managers, agents and high-rolling independent producers was on the rise. De Havilland had changed the way celebrity was manufactured.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/01/olivia-de-havilland-100-years-old-gone-with-the-wind">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/olivia-de-havilland">Olivia de Havilland</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/film">Film</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/oscars">Oscars</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/awards-and-prizes">Awards and prizes</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/gone-with-the-wind">Gone With The Wind</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/romance">Romance films</category> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:15:01 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/01/olivia-de-havilland-100-years-old-gone-with-the-wind</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5ff9b5bc9a88d59bcf477e24cca3aa5739eabc08/0_728_5968_3578/master/5968.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=418db60a5e7f8a1d4fbc81f1c793de9c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5ff9b5bc9a88d59bcf477e24cca3aa5739eabc08/0_728_5968_3578/master/5968.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ddb73064c46b079672a9549fd8c87196"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5ff9b5bc9a88d59bcf477e24cca3aa5739eabc08/0_728_5968_3578/master/5968.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ebcc92e2b472eb53b7cdaa5705561e7f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Everett/REX/Shutterstock</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Peter Bradshaw</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-07-26T17:15:01Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>England v West Germany at Italia '90 – as it happened</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/27/retro-mbm-england-v-west-germany-sort-of-live</link> <description><p>The BBC are replaying the World Cup semi-final in full online at 3pm BST on Sunday. Watch and read along with our retro MBM</p><p><b>5 min: </b>Difficult to know how to break this to you, but England have started brilliantly. Lineker lays a loose ball off to Gascoigne, who shimmies smartly inside Augenthaler on the edge of the box before his thumping left-footed shot is well blocked by Kohler.<br></p><p><b>3 min: </b>Butcher, rather than Wright, is playing as the spare man at the back. Perhaps they don’t trust his legs in a one-on-one against these two quick West German forwards. Walker is taking Völler and Wright is on Klinsmann.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/27/retro-mbm-england-v-west-germany-sort-of-live">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/paul-gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/germany">Germany</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 13:45:44 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/27/retro-mbm-england-v-west-germany-sort-of-live</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/27/1395936580790/e851c9ac-f1e1-4ff1-87d5-fc610d5c4973-2060x1236.jpeg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=abb1bd66422ea589827bea8fb3b116b5"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Billy Strickland/Allsport</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/27/1395936580790/e851c9ac-f1e1-4ff1-87d5-fc610d5c4973-2060x1236.jpeg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=67019792735abc7b643f01804cf5f90a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Billy Strickland/Allsport</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/27/1395936580790/e851c9ac-f1e1-4ff1-87d5-fc610d5c4973-2060x1236.jpeg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=67ce8cd7e92812ced04897f3a489b6f1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Billy Strickland/Allsport</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rob Smyth and Scott Murray</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-04-12T13:45:44Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>From the archive: The Joy of Six — Great Grand National moments</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/apr/03/joy-of-six-grand-national</link> <description><p>From the agony of Crisp to Foinavon’s 100-1 win, here are half a dozen memorable milestones in the story of Aintree’s showpiece</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/apr/09/memory-lane-a-history-of-the-grand-national-in-pictures">Memory Lane: a history of the Grand National in pictures</a></li></ul><p><em>This article was originally published in April 2009</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/apr/03/joy-of-six-grand-national">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/grand-national-2009">Grand National 2009</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/grandnational">Grand National</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/horse-racing">Horse racing</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:18:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/apr/03/joy-of-six-grand-national</guid> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2009/4/3/1238751801029/Dick-Francis-and-Devon-Lo-003.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1032fb682fafac53ae2871e171675725"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AP</media:credit> <media:description>Dick Francis walks away in despair after Devon Loch fell on flat ground while leading the 1956 Grand National. Photograph: AP</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2009/4/3/1238751801029/Dick-Francis-and-Devon-Lo-003.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bd8d06fe59fab9c7d7e607afbf57d283"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AP</media:credit> <media:description>Dick Francis walks away in despair after Devon Loch fell on flat ground while leading the 1956 Grand National. Photograph: AP</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2009/4/3/1238751801029/Dick-Francis-and-Devon-Lo-003.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4d1262b399ad96952a9d80d0f278d69a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: AP</media:credit> <media:description>Dick Francis walks away in despair after Devon Loch fell on flat ground while leading the 1956 Grand National. Photograph: AP</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Greg Wood, Ron Cox, Chris Cook and Tony Paley</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-03-28T16:18:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Kirk Douglas: a career in clips</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-a-career-in-clips</link> <description><p>After a career as one of Hollywood’s most distinguished performers, the actor Kirk Douglas has died. Here we look back at some of his finest moments, from Paths of Glory to Ace in the Hole</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-hollywood-legend-and-star-of-spartacus-dies-aged-103">Kirk Douglas, star of Spartacus, dies aged 103</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-dead-film-peter-bradshaw-handsome">Hollywood’s impossibly handsome Colossus of Rhodes</a></li></ul><p>Born Izzy Danielovitch into a poverty-stricken Jewish family in 1916, Douglas legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas on joining the navy during the second world war. He went on to become one of Hollywood’s most charismatic actors, and a producer of considerable influence too.<br></p><p>After establishing himself as a stage actor after the war, Douglas was cast in his first significant film role, as the weak-willed husband in 1946 noir The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, opposite Barbara Stanwyck, after producer Hal B Wallis spotted him in a play.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-a-career-in-clips">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/kirkdouglas">Kirk Douglas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/film">Film</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/stanleykubrick">Stanley Kubrick</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/actionandadventure">Action and adventure films</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/thriller">Thrillers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/war-films">War films</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 06:00:31 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-a-career-in-clips</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2014/4/30/1398871374183/Kirk-Douglas-in-Paths-of--023.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=23642630a600d46f4a94e84d4d46dad2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:credit> <media:description>Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2014/4/30/1398871374183/Kirk-Douglas-in-Paths-of--023.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bc6e25474c2444fbe06853679e82236b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:credit> <media:description>Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2014/4/30/1398871374183/Kirk-Douglas-in-Paths-of--023.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1187e7c5635b4e00fd72ca6c586b92ce"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:credit> <media:description>Kirk Douglas in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory Photograph: Criterion Collection</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andrew Pulver</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-02-06T06:00:31Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Kobe Bryant: six classic moments that made him great</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/apr/13/kobe-bryant-eight-special-moments-lakers-retirement</link> <description><p>The Lakers legend, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/26/kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-death-nba-los-angeles-lakers">who died on Sunday</a>, delivered five championships and countless brilliant plays. We run down some moments to savor from his career</p><p>From throwing paper in a trash can, to playground horse games, to high school, college and professional games, you’re bound to hear someone shout ‘Kobe!’ Bryant’s cold and calculated playing style became the stuff of legend over a glittering 20-year career. Here are some memorable moments from his time on court.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/apr/13/kobe-bryant-eight-special-moments-lakers-retirement">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/kobe-bryant">Kobe Bryant</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/los-angeles-lakers">Los Angeles Lakers</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/nba">NBA</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/us-sport">US sports</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/basketball">Basketball</category> <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:26:30 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/apr/13/kobe-bryant-eight-special-moments-lakers-retirement</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/91d9504d49b99f679c2b719d2ba76eccc176f788/0_0_2500_1501/2500.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2225adc3901103632fc8364494583a4b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/91d9504d49b99f679c2b719d2ba76eccc176f788/0_0_2500_1501/2500.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=df29a73a88a80b4ef2392b17cd02bd11"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/91d9504d49b99f679c2b719d2ba76eccc176f788/0_0_2500_1501/2500.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0c7968bd5da4a049b30952fbc014b493"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Everic White</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-01-27T15:26:30Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The forgotten story of ... Carlos Kaiser, football's greatest conman | Rob Smyth</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman</link> <description><p>A new film tells the story of Carlos Kaiser, who was one of the most famous footballers in Brazil for over 20 years – even though he had no intention of ever kicking a ball</p><p>You might know the voiceover at the start of The Big Lebowski. As tumbleweed meanders through Los Angeles, Sam Elliott introduces us to the film’s main character: “<em>Goes by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least that was the handle his loving parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. See, this Lebowski, he called himself ‘The Dude’.”</em></p><p>The Stranger rambles on about this and that until he gets somewhere near the point. “<em>Sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m talkin’ about the Dude here - the Dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there’s a man; well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s the Dude</em>.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 09:45:53 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/apr/26/the-forgotten-story-of-carlos-kaiser-footballs-greatest-conman</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/35043d050bed1fd82c78a1332217047d39c12256/0_659_5905_3543/master/5905.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f7b28e7389fd39c1a1bf66a2ab571197"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Carlos Kaiser</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/35043d050bed1fd82c78a1332217047d39c12256/0_659_5905_3543/master/5905.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a625ca7335d48ef345ca2289a9798197"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Carlos Kaiser</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/35043d050bed1fd82c78a1332217047d39c12256/0_659_5905_3543/master/5905.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f11a276fcc3ee1f463d6156ba5bfbf07"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Carlos Kaiser</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Rob Smyth</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-04-25T09:45:53Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Can't stand the rain? How wet weather affects human behaviour</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2019/mar/06/cant-stand-the-rain-how-wet-weather-affects-human-behaviour</link> <description><p>Rainfall affects our mood, our propensity to commit crime and how hungry we feel – but why?</p><p>It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. He bumped his head when he went to bed, and he couldn’t get up in the morning. This was possibly because in the absence of sunlight his body was still producing the hormone melatonin, which makes you sleepy. There are many ways that rainfall affects human behaviour. Why do crime levels drop when the heavens open? How much does rain really affect people’s moods and behaviour?</p><p>In 2008 university researchers <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081106165233.htm">published a paper</a> proposing that weak summer monsoons were influential in the downfall of three dynasties in ancient China. By analysing stalagmites from a cave, they were able to match periods of significantly decreased rainfall with periods of social upheaval and the demise of the Tang, Yuan and Ming dynasties. This is thought to be related to reduced rice cultivation.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2019/mar/06/cant-stand-the-rain-how-wet-weather-affects-human-behaviour">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/science/science">Science</category> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:00:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2019/mar/06/cant-stand-the-rain-how-wet-weather-affects-human-behaviour</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/12c04ddcea4de9486dcf7333632ddc0bce96777d/0_0_3444_2067/master/3444.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dc371c0803569ef19921baa95150e8f9"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/12c04ddcea4de9486dcf7333632ddc0bce96777d/0_0_3444_2067/master/3444.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4d991fa2d39d800db00b540d6e6bb34f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/12c04ddcea4de9486dcf7333632ddc0bce96777d/0_0_3444_2067/master/3444.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1456653b82ddcb33e6c1bacdd41c47ee"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jamie Flook</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-03-06T07:00:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Why Earl Scruggs was the Beethoven of the banjo</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/29/why-earl-scruggs-is-great</link> <description><p>A trip to North Carolina to study bluegrass yielded this lesson: Earl Scruggs was the greatest there ever was</p><p>I spent a couple of months last year studying bluegrass in North Carolina, and I learned that there are is one tune you never ask a banjo player to play for you. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrlqQ1_vZVE" title="">Foggy Mountain Breakdown</a>, Earl Scruggs's most famous instrumental, is a tune so familiar, so oft-played, that even suggesting it at a jam will mark you out as an idiot know-nothing newcomer. It's the equivalent of self-identifying as a Trekkie, when the correct term is Trekker.</p><p>If you know one banjo tune – well, if you only know one – it's probably Duelling Banjos, and you probably heard it in the film Deliverance, or in one of the endless pastiches you can now watch on YouTube (my favourite is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6GHh6xnNJ0" title="">this one</a> from Father Ted). But if you know two, then the other one, I will bet you now, was written by Earl Scruggs. Scruggs was the most influential banjo player there has ever been: he was banjo's Bach, Beethoven and Bob Dylan all rolled into one. He pioneered the three-finger style of picking responsible for the sound you hear whenever you think of the instrument's fleet-fingered, jangling sound. Until then, banjo players was played in the traditional <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ElqooBb1hU" title="">"clawhammer" style</a> – Scruggs's use of the third finger allowed him to play the driving arpeggios that we associate with banjo music today.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/29/why-earl-scruggs-is-great">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/folk">Folk music</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/music">Music</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/country">Country</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/miles-davis">Miles Davis</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/louis-armstrong">Louis Armstrong</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/music/jimi-hendrix">Jimi Hendrix</category> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/29/why-earl-scruggs-is-great</guid> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Archive/Search/2012/3/29/1333040630509/Earl-Schruggs--008.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=01c5dae821e223eaa03c4fa1ac7e6ed7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Plucky ... Earl Scruggs. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Archive/Search/2012/3/29/1333040630509/Earl-Schruggs--008.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0eba657567f900729a637e06f0c7a1cb"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Plucky ... Earl Scruggs. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Archive/Search/2012/3/29/1333040630509/Earl-Schruggs--008.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=46849cebd547d68935fe605fc3079e2f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Plucky ... Earl Scruggs. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Emma John</dc:creator> <dc:date>2019-01-11T14:43:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: the Cruyff Turn is born in 1974</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/11/world-cup-stunning-moments-johan-cruyff-turn-1974</link> <description><p>When Johan Cruyff sold Jan Olsson the mother of all dummies with the subtlest of swerves, the Dutch captain’s signature move became the enduring symbol of Total Football</p><p>It’s the defining image of the 1974 World Cup; the defining image of the great Dutch team of the 70s; the defining image of one of the most talented, enchanting and magical players to ever breeze around a football field.</p><p>It’s the 23rd minute of the Group 3 game between Holland and Sweden at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, and Wim van Hanegem has the ball at his feet on the right wing. He’s about to be crowded out by Bjorn Andersson and Ralf Edstrom, so clips a pass back along the flank to Wim Rijsbergen, who in turn flicks the ball inside to Arie Haan, airily ambling through the centre circle. Haan takes a couple of quick, adroit touches to tee himself up, then wafts his right leg, spraying a long diagonal pass towards the left-hand corner flag, towards … Johan Cruyff.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/11/world-cup-stunning-moments-johan-cruyff-turn-1974">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/holland">Netherlands</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/sweden">Sweden</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 12:22:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/11/world-cup-stunning-moments-johan-cruyff-turn-1974</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/10/1402418927466/Cruyff-At-World-Cup-014.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bbf933a814ba4d2d699b3257fd46482c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Johan Cruyff's exhibition of athletic, aesthetic, balletic brilliance in the 23rd minute against Sweden is one of football's most magical moments. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/10/1402418927466/Cruyff-At-World-Cup-014.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3d34c401c0df7c45f4c730d79667b715"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Johan Cruyff's exhibition of athletic, aesthetic, balletic brilliance in the 23rd minute against Sweden is one of football's most magical moments. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/10/1402418927466/Cruyff-At-World-Cup-014.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f8eaba87dd3591aa7e1927c25de07937"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Johan Cruyff's exhibition of athletic, aesthetic, balletic brilliance in the 23rd minute against Sweden is one of football's most magical moments. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Scott Murray</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-27T12:22:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: the 1966 World Cup</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/05/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-no23-1966</link> <description><p>Random tales from the 1966 tournament that have absolutely nothing to do with Azerbaijani linesmen, Kenneth Wolstenholme or Pickles the Dog</p><p>1. The branding for the 1966 Football World Championship for the Jules Rimet Trophy was all over the shop. But at least Fifa were trying. The 1966 finals was the first to be blessed with a mascot, a small lion wearing a union jack shirt walking along with its eyes narrowed to the point of being totally shut. A myopic nationalist, who’d have thought it. Willie was the creation of the freelance artist Reg Hoye, who had first considered “a little man in a bowler hat” and “a man in a cloth cap” but wished to steer clear of class issues. “I don’t think the result’s pompous,” he insisted, “it’s just to show that we’re not as clapped out as some people think we are.” Hoye was paid a flat fee for his work while the FA creamed off all the profits from the various tat bearing Willie’s grinning boat. “The enormous success of Willie has not made Mr Hoye bitter,” reported the Guardian. “Only a little unhappy.”</p><p>2. Our man Eric Todd’s column on the opening morning of the “eighth World Cup final series” was a remarkably prescient piece of writing. “I believe that the vacillations of temperament will play a crucial part,” he predicted. “Certainly they will be awaited with trepidation in some quarters and with undisguised relish in others where ugly scenes are the beginning, the middle and the end of any football match. Is it too much to hope that no player will be sent off, carried off, or escorted off? … Not every guest will be well behaved, and I have no doubt at all that somewhere along the line discipline, judgment and manners, on and off the field, will be set aside.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/05/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-no23-1966">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2014">World Cup 2014</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 09:00:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/05/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-no23-1966</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/4/1401898140867/1966-World-Cup-Final-014.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ad39d76caaf3f03a7a60105806f1586c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Bobby Moore lifting the Jules Rimet Trophy after England won the 1966 World Cup at Wembley. Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/4/1401898140867/1966-World-Cup-Final-014.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8c61c82ce90da895ba4e332d84c6bdc4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Bobby Moore lifting the Jules Rimet Trophy after England won the 1966 World Cup at Wembley. Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/4/1401898140867/1966-World-Cup-Final-014.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c320804aee2fd89215c39558f6372db8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Bobby Moore lifting the Jules Rimet Trophy after England won the 1966 World Cup at Wembley. Photograph: Popperfoto/Popperfoto/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Scott Murray</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-24T09:00:36Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: Patrick Battiston loses his teeth</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/27/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-patrick-battiston</link> <description><p>One of the greatest World Cup games has been largely overshadowed by the West German keeper’s dastardly act</p><p>The semi-final stage of the World Cup has, on balance, not been particularly kind to France. In 1958, the free-scoring team of Just Fontaine and Raymond Kopa were more than holding their own against Brazil until Vavá clattered into the captain Robert Jonquet; as the defender’s leg sailed in an arc across the Stockholm sky, France’s hopes and dreams, in those days before substitutes, departed with it. In 1986, <em>Les Bleus</em> faced West Germany with star man Michel Platini only half-fit; the rest of the team failed to turn up until the last 10 minutes or so, by which time it was far too late. Even when the French finally won a semi, against Croatia in 1998, the popular defensive lynchpin Laurent Blanc got himself suspended for the final – unluckily and yet foolishly – by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJa1dvEjBfg">needlessly waving his arms near the face of Slaven Bilic</a>, asking for the trouble that would soon be delivered to him in spades.</p><p>But nothing comes close to 1982. Nothing will ever come close to 1982.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/27/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-patrick-battiston">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/germany">Germany</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2018 13:23:37 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/27/world-cup-25-stunning-moments-patrick-battiston</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/5/26/1401107197413/World-Cup-moment-Patrick--015.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e3e1449d8355c0714e787be8d67b004d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: /Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>Toni Schumacher jumps at French player Patrick Battiston, who lost a tooth and suffered a concussion. Photograph: Corbis</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/5/26/1401107197413/World-Cup-moment-Patrick--015.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2e3849d0269e0910604376b9f4f8ec92"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: /Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>Toni Schumacher jumps at French player Patrick Battiston, who lost a tooth and suffered a concussion. Photograph: Corbis</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/5/26/1401107197413/World-Cup-moment-Patrick--015.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f5a0d3a966f8d57b88ac76c756ce40f7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: /Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>Toni Schumacher jumps at French player Patrick Battiston, who lost a tooth and suffered a concussion. Photograph: Corbis</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Scott Murray</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-20T13:23:37Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler | Barry Glendenning</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/22/25-stunning-world-cup-moments-</link> <description><p>When Holland faced Germany it was always ‘problematic’, never more so than at Italia 90 when two rivals clashed</p><p>A sort of photographic antithesis of Bobby Moore’s post shirt-swap embrace with Pelé in 1970, it is one of the iconic World Cup images. Four years after the photograph was taken, it was further seared on the collective football consciousness when the author and journalist Simon Kuper used it to <a href="http://img1.imagesbn.com/p/9781857994698_p0_v1_s114x166.gif">illustrate the cover of his award-winning bestseller Football Against The Enemy.</a> Kuper would later regret doing so and apologised to one of the players featured in the photograph on the grounds that it was probably unfair to highlight such an unseemly act when it had been perpetrated by somebody for whom such behaviour was so utterly out of character.</p><p>The snap in question? Rudi Völler standing in thoughtful meditation with his hands on his hips in the immediate aftermath of one of the most unjust dismissals in World Cup history, while over his right shoulder, his Dutch rival Frank Rijkaard looks to be inspecting the massive grolly he had just violently expectorated and left dangling from the back of the German striker’s bubble perm like a Christmas tree bauble.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/22/25-stunning-world-cup-moments-">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/germany">Germany</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/holland">Netherlands</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 10:00:17 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/22/25-stunning-world-cup-moments-</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2014/5/22/1400754447843/Rudi-Voller-and-Frank-Rij-012.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4def03b5df0e95fd19375f892bb5852b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Rudi Völler, front, of West Germany and Frank Rijkaard of Holland at San Siro in Italia 90. West Germany won the match 2-1. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2014/5/22/1400754447843/Rudi-Voller-and-Frank-Rij-012.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f4218aa6f68757a02afdefc72a1f83c4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Rudi Völler, front, of West Germany and Frank Rijkaard of Holland at San Siro in Italia 90. West Germany won the match 2-1. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2014/5/22/1400754447843/Rudi-Voller-and-Frank-Rij-012.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=149e2eb946d9be20b985cebd197f482f"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Rudi Völler, front, of West Germany and Frank Rijkaard of Holland at San Siro in Italia 90. West Germany won the match 2-1. Photograph: Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Barry Glendenning</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-19T10:00:17Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: El Salvador humiliated in Spain | Paul Doyle</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/20/25-world-cup-stunning-moments-el-salvador-hungary-spain-1982</link> <description><p>War-torn country’s players travelled to the 1982 tournament as heroes but were shunned on their return after some shockingly gung-ho tactics brought about a 10-1 defeat to Hungary</p><p>One of the smaller, yet still very pleasing features of the great 1982 World Cup was that even the goal celebrations had a poetic quality. The joy of successfully channelling a lifetime of aspiration into a single glorious kick has never been better expressed than it was by Marco Tardelli after he scored Italy’s second in the final; the awesome beauty and menace with which Brazil played in the tournament was captured magnificently by Socrates’ mimed volcanic eruption after his exquisite strike against the Soviet Union; and the reaction to Luis Ramírez Zapata’s goal for El Salvador against Hungary gave dramatic expression to an extraordinary tale – of horror, farce and, despite everything, triumph.</p><p>When Ramírez swept the ball into the Hungarian net in the 64th minute of their opening match of the tournament, he charged away in uncontainable ecstasy before eventually being engulfed by four equally delighted team-mates. We know his ecstasy was uncontainable because several other team-mates tried to contain it. “Several of them told me not to celebrate,” Ramírez later admitted. “They were afraid that it would make Hungary angry and we would concede more goals. But I was happy and I celebrated as if I’d put us into the lead.” Which, of course, he had not. He had merely cut the deficit to 5-1. Whether because they were piqued or just because they could, Hungary hit back five times, inflicting a 10-1 defeat that remains the heaviest in World Cup history. What Ramírez had scored was the ultimate consolation goal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/20/25-world-cup-stunning-moments-el-salvador-hungary-spain-1982">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/el-salvador">El Salvador</category> <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2018 09:58:16 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/20/25-world-cup-stunning-moments-el-salvador-hungary-spain-1982</guid> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/5/19/1400508023980/Hungary---El-Salvador-198-011.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=153f0f4002349a10568ede73c82be7f4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Karl Staedele/dpa/Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>El Salvador’s misery is complete after Hungary inflicted the biggest defeat of any World Cup ever.</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/5/19/1400508023980/Hungary---El-Salvador-198-011.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7164e0199fdf23f1e8b70995fa8b6c71"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Karl Staedele/dpa/Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>El Salvador’s misery is complete after Hungary inflicted the biggest defeat of any World Cup ever.</media:description> </media:content> <media:content type="image/jpeg" width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/5/19/1400508023980/Hungary---El-Salvador-198-011.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=59deae8eafb7a7ac7e5cb1773026f6c3"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Karl Staedele/dpa/Corbis</media:credit> <media:description>El Salvador’s misery is complete after Hungary inflicted the biggest defeat of any World Cup ever.</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Paul Doyle</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-17T09:58:16Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: France implode in South Africa | Philippe Auclair</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode</link> <description><p>In open rebellion against their manager, France’s 2010 squad self-destructed as Thierry Henry watched impassively</p><p>Thierry Henry had more pressing matters to attend to before he could lose himself in his New York dreamscape [he was joining New York Red Bulls from Barcelona in the summer 2010], starting with his uneasy position within the French national team. How uneasy it was was demonstrated in the lead-up to the South African World Cup, when Raymond Domenech chose to play Henry from the bench in France’s warm-up games against Costa Rica and Tunisia, in which the hitherto “captain for life” was a mere passenger.<br></p><p>In the first of these two encounters, in which <em>Les Bleus</em> actually showed a surprising degree of enterprise and imagination, the armband had been given to Patrice Evra – who’d kept it on when Thierry entered the fray in the second half. Domenech poo-poohed the idea that this was proof of Henry’s declining status within the squad. But more people would’ve been inclined to take the manager at his word if a French TV network hadn’t found out that he’d visited Thierry in Barcelona shortly before this game, in order to strike a deal that would preserve both men’s self-regard and ambitions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/thierry-henry">Thierry Henry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2018 09:55:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6fd3d00614227f86df680bd5531727174fe01ef/36_210_3924_2354/master/3924.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=23dee40f58d56d888c7ebfb6cf7b769d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6fd3d00614227f86df680bd5531727174fe01ef/36_210_3924_2354/master/3924.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e855f9c21fec5466c3c04dd71ec607e7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6fd3d00614227f86df680bd5531727174fe01ef/36_210_3924_2354/master/3924.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f8b788f34a033d8093f17b473709102b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Philippe Auclair</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-12T09:55:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>The guerilla cyclists solving urban problems | Kieran Smith</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/may/11/the-guerilla-cyclists-solving-urban-transport-problems</link> <description><p>From pop-up bike lanes to painted potholes, here are the imaginative ways frustrated cyclists are taking action to create a safer environment</p><p>Across the world, transport planning and infrastructure tends to favour the car, and facilities for cyclists and pedestrians are an afterthought. In response, frustrated urban cyclists have thrown caution to the wind and written their own will into the fabric of the city, overturning the dominance of the car and creating a safer environment for cycling in imaginative ways.</p><p>Cycling has the power to turn individuals into a community and communities have the power to improve our cities. These examples show how activism can be a real solution to urban problems.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/may/11/the-guerilla-cyclists-solving-urban-transport-problems">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/cycling">Cycling</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/cities">Cities</category> <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 05:30:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/may/11/the-guerilla-cyclists-solving-urban-transport-problems</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/77a55949eef5f4930d0b53f2c9ff2dc7fabdcfe2/0_0_3200_1920/master/3200.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=fa97748ac2425293c9cc2feca12b4c3c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/77a55949eef5f4930d0b53f2c9ff2dc7fabdcfe2/0_0_3200_1920/master/3200.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a61b2d1e75c02cd1a4e251311b32cbcd"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/77a55949eef5f4930d0b53f2c9ff2dc7fabdcfe2/0_0_3200_1920/master/3200.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0a066a37c049e1f1836537fc579c855c"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Kieran Smith</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-11T05:30:33Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: the Conte Verde's trip to Uruguay in 1930</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay</link> <description><p>The Scottish-built boat shuttled Jules Rimet, European teams and Brazil to 1930 World Cup, which ended in a brutal first final</p><p>In April 1923 a new boat sailed out of the shipyards of William Beardmore &amp; Co in Dalmuir, near Glasgow, destined for history. “Italian craftsmen and artists were brought specifically from Florence to carry out the decoration of the first-class saloons,” reported the Times. “The wall of the main staircase bears a huge painting by Cavalieri; the library is in the Tuscan renaissance style, with stained-glass windows and ceiling paintings; and the other public rooms are equally ornate. The wealth of artistic detail everywhere recalls the old-time splendour of an Italian palace.” The boat was built for the Genoese Lloyd Sabaudo line and named the Conte Verde, after Amadeus VI, a 14th-century Count of Savoy.</p><p>The Conte Verde was destined to shuttle between Europe and either South America or Asia, carrying the Chinese Olympic team to Berlin in 1936 and thousands of refugees from Nazi persecution in the opposite direction over the following years, and played a small but noteworthy role in the second world war. It was moored in Shanghai when in September 1943 news broke of Italy’s surrender to Allied forces, and its crew were ordered to destroy it rather than risk it falling into Japanese hands. It was sunk in the most inconvenient location possible, blocking all traffic from entering or leaving the naval yard where the Japanese were busy repairing various war craft. It took three months to move it, and on the day it was finally raised an Allied bomber turned up and sank it again. It was another six months before it was back afloat, whereupon the Japanese salvaged it, renamed it Kotobuki Maru and used it to move troops until it was bombed, definitively this time, in July 1945.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 09:35:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/13/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-conte-verde-uruguay</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/369e6b8f990582601b81a475678f1d77d430684f/16_0_2452_1471/master/2452.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=65a5fc9513cab6baab152a08db56b93b"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: STAFF/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/369e6b8f990582601b81a475678f1d77d430684f/16_0_2452_1471/master/2452.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5471c20c4516105a3024490515e10850"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: STAFF/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/369e6b8f990582601b81a475678f1d77d430684f/16_0_2452_1471/master/2452.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0d48ada0a626587cd7ceeaff3398c030"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: STAFF/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Simon Burnton</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-10T09:35:06Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: Ronaldo falters as France win | Jacob Steinberg</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/08/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-ronaldo-france</link> <description><p>The French celebrated a historic home victory while the rest of the world wondered what had happened to the previously imperious Ronaldo as he sleepwalked through the final</p><p>As the Brazilian national anthem floated around the Stade de France, the camera kept lingering on one man. His identity was not a surprise. Ronaldo, after all, was the greatest player in the world, <em>O Fenomeno</em>, the star of a Brazil team that was hoping to become the first to retain the World Cup on two separate occasions. Nothing unusual about that, you might think; television prefers to focus on the talent and in 1998, no one was as ferociously talented as Ronaldo, whose supernatural mixture of power, pace and skill had made him the player every child in the playground wanted to be; at the age of 21, the hopes and dreams of a nation rested on his shoulders.</p><p>The assumption was that they were broad enough to handle the pressure – but this was not a normal evening, even by the manic standards of a World Cup final. Sixteen years on, the events of that Paris evening remain shrouded in mystery and intrigue, the murky circumstances that led to Ronaldo first being omitted from the Brazil team sheet and then reinstated some of the most bizarre – and, some insist, scandalous – the sport has seen. It is a depressing but still fascinating story of claim and counter-claim, of conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory, of rumours of self-interest and political manoeuvring, of angry denials and scattergun accusations and, above all, a story where pinning down the truth can feel like a troublingly elusive task.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/08/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-ronaldo-france">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2018 10:43:36 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/08/world-cup-stunning-moments-25-ronaldo-france</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0d77df2a03f6520e2e713c77126d51685ab37b7/95_179_1568_940/master/1568.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c66e1f4a6ec885435e1a484615cc6813"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0d77df2a03f6520e2e713c77126d51685ab37b7/95_179_1568_940/master/1568.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7a86b67d2b42eec1ca4936147e4b5533"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="700" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b0d77df2a03f6520e2e713c77126d51685ab37b7/95_179_1568_940/master/1568.jpg?width=700&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=aade34c2f9bf3a7c7c712cc47ceb3b49"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Jacob Steinberg</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-08T10:43:36Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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