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RihannaHonoured by her newly republican country, Rihanna has always proudly worn her Bajan heritage – broadening her sound from her Caribbean roots, while staying true to them Barbados hails Rihanna ‘national hero’ as it becomes republic Rihanna’s designation as a national hero of Barbados, to coincide with the country’s transition to an independent republic, could not be more apt. Not only has she been an official ambassador for culture and youth in the country since 2018, the singer remains the country’s most famous citizen and indeed advocate.

Mount Everest This article is more than 13 years oldBritish climber dies after scaling Mount EverestThis article is more than 13 years oldPeter Kinloch, IT specialist for Merseyside police, suffered blindness and began to stumble on descent from summitA British climber collapsed and died hours after achieving his lifelong ambition of reaching the summit of Mount Everest. Peter Kinloch, 28, who worked as an IT specialist for Merseyside police, suffered blindness and began to stumble shortly after beginning his descent.

ColdplayColdplay: only the latest pop stars to misrepresent India as an exotic playgroundThe legacy of colonial representation in music videos from Major Lazer, Iggy Azalea and now Coldplay extends beyond the cultural appropriation debate Within hours of releasing their new music video Hymn for the Weekend, Coldplay reignited the debate on cultural appropriation that for years has pestered ignorant white people everywhere. Shot in India, the video features the British band performing in Mumbai during the Holi festival while frontman Chris Martin rides in a rickshaw and goes to the cinema to watch a Bollywood film starring Beyoncé.

Audiobook of the weekAudiobooksReviewThe actor Johnny Flynn captures this debut novel’s offbeat humour and the intense loneliness of its protagonist in his terrific narration Isaac and the Egg, the debut novel by Bobby Palmer, opens with Isaac Addy standing on a bridge at sunrise and considering whether to jump. He can’t recall how he got there though the taste in his mouth suggests he has been drinking. He can see his car at the end of the bridge, with the lights on and the driver’s door still open.

TheatreObituaryJohn Stride obituaryFounder member of the Old Vic company who lit up the London stage in the 1960s and 70s and starred in the TV series The Main ChanceJohn Stride, who has died aged 81, was a golden boy of the early years of the National Theatre – he was a founder member of Laurence Olivier’s company at the Old Vic, appearing as Fortinbras in Hamlet, the inaugural production starring Peter O’Toole in 1963 – and a television star of some magnitude, playing the promiscuous lawyer David Main in four series of The Main Chance between 1969 and 1975.

PhotographyWhen the train has gone and a hotel is too expensive, pavements and benches are the only option. Paweł Jaszczuk on how he captured a new phenomenon A well-to-do man is dressed for success: black lace-ups, tie and a sharp pinstripe suit. So why is he asleep on a Tokyo pavement in the dead of night, curled up like a foetus in the womb? High Fashion, a new book, shows that this is no isolated incident.

Olivier awards 2023: the stars arrive for theatre’s big night – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Jodie Comer, Beverley Knight and Sheridan Smith are among those attending the ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall Matt Fidler Main image: The best actress nominee Jodie Comer arrives at the Olivier awards. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA Sun 2 Apr 2023 18.

The mural of Carlos Alcaraz in his hometown of El Palmar, and and him with his former coach Kiko Navarro. Composite: Getty ImagesThose who watched his early years in a Murcian village reveal how the world No 1 emerged from the grounds of Tiro de Pichón by Tumaini Carayol in MurciaIn the south-eastern corner of El Palmar, a village in south-eastern Spain, the Real Sociedad Club de Campo sits in the mountains overlooking the Murcia region’s eponymous capital city.

San FranciscoIn an extract from her book Those Who Wander, Vivian Ho explores the brutal experiences that led to a tragedy In October 2015, three young drifters robbed and fatally shot Audrey Carey in the bushes of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and went on to kill Steve Carter for his car keys on a popular hiking trail, just over the Golden Gate Bridge. At their sentencing, 18 months later, Chief Deputy Public Defender David Brown stood to address the packed courtroom; his client, Morrison Haze Lampley, remained seated, his unruly mop of sandy-brown hair pulled back into a neat knot.