Top 10 bars in Santiago, Chile
2024-04-26
Chile holidaysSantiago is shaking things up with a vibrant new bar and nightlife scene that’s steadily erasing its reputation as a less-than-glamorous stopover city. Here, we pick 10 top spots for a glass of wine, a pisco or just a good beer
Santiago has never really had its moment in the spotlight. Overshadowed by flashier neighbours, such as Rio and Buenos Aires, it has traditionally been nothing more than an unavoidable stopover en route to somewhere more exciting: Patagonia, Easter Island, the Atacama desert.
Illustration: Lo Cole for the Guardian Illustration: Lo Cole for the GuardianWhat I'm really thinkingSmokingI’m not a monster. I never smoke in front of or around my children. But they notice
I know it makes me a bad parent, but I can’t stop. I started smoking when I was 19 and working nights in a bar. The only way you could get a break was to have a cigarette, so I bought a pack.
Jonathan Akeroyd will join Burberry as chief executive from 1 April next year. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty ImagesJonathan Akeroyd will join Burberry as chief executive from 1 April next year. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty ImagesBurberry group This article is more than 2 years oldBurberry appoints Versace boss as CEO with £6m ‘golden hello’This article is more than 2 years oldJonathan Akeroyd to replace Marco Gobbetti at British luxury brand on salary of £1.
Cynthia Plaster Caster: the artist whose rock star penis sculptures asked big questions about manhoo
2024-04-25
Breaking the mould … Cynthia Plaster Caster. Photograph: Mick Hutson/RedfernsBreaking the mould … Cynthia Plaster Caster. Photograph: Mick Hutson/RedfernsMusicThe 74-year-old artist, who died last week, turned the tables on rock musicians with her notorious plaster casts – and complicated the image of the groupie
“She’s like the Michelangelo of sex, drugs and rock’n’roll,” Pamela Des Barres once said of her friend and peer in penis admiration, Cynthia Albritton. Better known as Cynthia Plaster Caster, the 74-year-old artist died last week after battling a long illness.
This much I knowModelsInterviewDebra Shaw: ‘No one knows my real age and I like that’Hayley MyersThe model talks about early memories, her musical family, John Galliano’s mood boards and meeting Tina Turner
Soldiers in full military uniform found me and took me to the Capitol after I got lost in the White House. I was four years old, on a crowded public tour with my family and I let go of my sister’s hand.
MoviesInterviewHenry Golding: 'Moving from Malaysia to Surrey was a slap in the face'Ann LeeThe actor talks about growing up without a sense of home, how he went from hairdressing to a leading role – and the joy of filming sex scenes with Parker Sawyers
As a child growing up in an international expat community in Dungun, Malaysia, Henry Golding used to tell his mum off whenever she tried to teach him Malay.
Jane Birkin: I learned French off atape recorder. All the French people laughed | Jane Birki
2024-04-25
This much I knowJane BirkinInterviewJane Birkin: ‘I learned French off a tape recorder. All the French people laughed’Rebecca NicholsonThe singer and actor, 70, on sexy pictures, Glenda Jackson and her first concert – at the Bataclan
If your mother has been an actress and your grandmother’s been an actress, there’s certainly an encouragement. My father wanted me to be a painter, so my mother helped me on the secret side. She got a lot of stick for that.
‘Flair and depth’: Kai Ulchis. Photograph: Coughs‘Flair and depth’: Kai Ulchis. Photograph: CoughsThe ObserverPop and rockReview(Geffen)
The Colombian-American’s follow-up to Red Moon in Venus showcases her musical and linguistic versatility – and a steamy succession of guests
Kali Uchis’s last outing, 2023’s dreamy, romantic Red Moon in Venus, earned the supple-voiced Colombian-American bouquets of praise. Orquídeas – her Spanish-language follow-up – was recorded alongside Red Moon and feels very much like the yang to Red Moon’s immersive yin.
My relatives went to a Catholic school for Native children. It was a place of horrors | Nick Estes
2024-04-25
OpinionIndigenous peoples This article is more than 2 years oldMy relatives went to a Catholic school for Native children. It was a place of horrorsThis article is more than 2 years oldNick EstesAfter the discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former school for Native children in Canada, it is time to investigate similar abuses in the US
There is so much mourning Native people have yet to do.