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The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.
Carl HulseUnited States Politics and GovernmentEthics and Official Misconduct
The Last Week Tonight host looked into the issues plaguing the Secret Service, from lack of funds to an insular cultureOn the latest Last Week Tonight, John Oliver looked into the Secret Service, tasked with protecting the US president among many other things. “Agents have a high-stakes job, and that’s what makes it so worrisome that by all accounts the Secret Service is heading into what might be one of its most challenging periods yet,” the host noted, referring to 2028, or what some agents have called “Armageddon”, as the service will be tasked with staffing the LA Olympics and Paralympics, the annual United Nations general assembly and the two presidential candidates and their families during the election.No wonder, then, that the Secret Service recruited none other than action movie impresario Michael Bay to direct a recruitment ad for the Super Bowl asserting that “protectors are b
Guardian staffJohn OliverTV comedy
Based on Lagerfeld’s biography, director Nick Hooker gets access to the designer’s inner circle, but ultimately fails to find the man behind the high collar and sunglassesKarl Lagerfeld had never set foot inside a supermarket before he had one built on a catwalk in 2014, featuring models browsing aisles with baskets shopping for Chanel-branded fromage. It was classic Lagerfeld: very silly but a stroke of genius. The fashion designer was easy to poke fun at, with his white bouffant-plus-ponytail hairstyle and black leather gloves. But behind the persona was a man who spoke four languages fluently, a workaholic still running Chanel, Fendi and his own label Karl Lagerfeld into his 80s.This dutiful, uncontroversial documentary is based on William Middleton’s biography Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld. As well as archive footage of Lagerfeld, film-maker Nick Hooker gets
Cath ClarkeFilmDocumentary films
The classic pre-dinner drink and snack combo varies depending where you are in Italy. In this fair city, it’s an institution that can even be enjoyed first thingI arrived in Verona, I admit, without a particularly clear idea of what aperitivo meant. In Italy, the ritual – broadly, a drink and something small to eat before a meal – speaks a different dialect in every city.Milan has turned it into a polished after-work institution. In Venice, it is more itinerant: an ombra (a small glass of wine) along with a cicchetto (a bite-size snack) and then on to the next bacaro (one of the city’s traditional wine bars). Verona follows another logic. Continue reading...
Gabriele PascaVerona holidaysFood and drink
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