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Australian Open 2023 This article is more than 1 year oldJack Draper again let down by his body in first-round defeat by Rafael NadalThis article is more than 1 year oldDraper loses 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 to defending championCameron Norrie into second round with win over Van Aasche Over the past seven months as he established himself at the top levels of professional tennis Jack Draper has stood across the net from many of the best players in the world, testing his strengths and learning how his game matches up against them.

Music blogMusicJeff Buckley? No thank youI used to love the singer with the dextrous voice and the twinkle in his eye. Now, 10 years after his death, I've realised the truth.Twelve years ago, on a balmy, blissful summer's afternoon at my very first Glastonbury, I fell in love, just like so many others did, with Jeff Buckley. Like the Lilac Wine he sang about on his first album, Grace, I was young, sweet and heady, and he caught me at the right moment, my heart having been bruised half an hour earlier by my darling Evan Dando, who had failed to turn up for his set at the Acoustic Stage because of "

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Notes & TheoriesNutritionScientology detox programmes: expensive and unprovenThere is no evidence Scientology's 'Purif' and 'Narconon' detox work, and the megadoses of vitamins involved may harm healthImagine a therapy that "enables an individual to rid himself of the harmful effects of drugs, toxins and other chemicals that lodge in the body and create a biochemical barrier to spiritual well-being". If you were told that the treatment was entirely natural and had already "

The new vegetarianBritish food and drinkHerbs are too often the side show, a garnish for the main event. It's time to put them centre stageOnce upon a time, you could hardly buy herbs in this country. Then, with the help of chefs and other enthusiasts, they began to appear in our shops and markets. These days, of course, you can get dozens of varieties, but even so, I think people here are too careful with herbs, seeing them only as a garnish and never as ingredients worthy of taking centre stage.

Back in the USSR: 1920s Soviet film posters – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email During the brief period of artistic freedom before Stalinism, these avant garde film posters were as bold and innovative as the movies they advertised Main image: From Russia with love … Mikhail Dlugach, film poster for Yego Kariera, 1928. Photograph: Taschen Thu 13 Jan 2022 02.

Joe BidenDukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for public hanging of Joe BidenThe deleted social media post, which also called for the execution of Hunter Biden, led some to wonder if Schneider could be charged Actor John Schneider called for the executions of Joe Biden and the president’s son Hunter in a now-deleted social media post that drew ridicule and questions about whether he should be criminally charged. Schneider, perhaps best known for his role as Bo Duke on the TV series Dukes of Hazzard as well as his recent runner-up finish on The Masked Singer, fired off the post on X at 2am local time on Thursday.

Classics cornerMaya AngelouThe first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography is proof of her inner strength and a testament to the power of wordsThe caged bird "sings of freedom", writes Maya Angelou in her poem "Caged Bird" – a poignant recurring image throughout her work, as she eloquently explores the struggle to become liberated from the shackles of racism and misogyny. This evocative first volume of her six books of autobiography, originally published in 1969 (1984 in the UK), vividly depicts Angelou's "

TheatreReviewNational Theatre, London *** Yasmina Reza's new play is an elegant enigma with triple variations. Like many dramatists before her, Reza is fascinated by alternative possibilities; and behind the 90-minute bourgeois comedy lies the suggestion that everyday life, like the universe itself, is made up of dark, invisible matter. Reza offers three perspectives on a single situation. The core consists of married couple Henry and Sonia discovering important dinner guests, Hubert and Ines, arriving on the wrong night.