An “entitled” pervert who slyly filmed up women’s skirts in supermarkets has been locked up Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 put his phone in the bottom of a shopping bag or basket and sneakily placed it on the floor between women’s legs to try and video their private parts as they did their shopping Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Shropshire Star’s free newsletter Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Express & Star’s free newsletter A Shrewsbury Crown Court judge considered handing him a suspended sentence, but came to the conclusion that if he hadn’t been caught, “it would still be going on”. The court was told how police investigated Turnock on suspicion of voyeurism and seized memory cards as well as devices, on which his offending was discovered. He carried out the “upskirting” in the shops in June last year and other voyeurism on various dates. Turnock was arrested and interviewed by police. He told officers he carried out filming for his own “sexual gratification”, but that he had not distributed his recordings. Dafydd Williams has been on the coaching staff at Newport since former boss Graham Coughlan brought him in from Bristol Rovers Newport County interim manager Dafydd Williams says "a lot needs to change" at the club before next season County's disappointing 2024-25 ended with a 4-1 home defeat by Tranmere Rovers which saw them finish just above the League Two relegation zone Williams took charge for the final two games of the season after Nelson Jardim recently left his role as head coach we've probably finished in the position we deserve to finish," Williams told BBC Sport Wales "It's not good enough for this football club and those that are here next year – that has to be a real reality check for them because in my opinion a lot of it is unacceptable "A lot needs to change to move forward and to go in the right direction as a football club." County chairman Huw Jenkins, who wants Jardim's successor in place by the end of the month, acknowledged the team had struggled for consistency Jenkins said he wanted to create a buzz at Newport once again with the club challenging for the play-offs as well as FA Cup runs is an exciting place to be," Williams added "I think we can learn a lot of lessons from this season in terms of what's needed and what's required and whether that's with the players that are in the building or potentially coming in over the summer they need to learn the harsh reality of what League Two." but will Yamal build legacy to rival Messi 'Calamity keeper' or 'human wall' - which Donnarumma will Arsenal face Who will qualify for the Champions League as Forest draw at Palace The final series of Man Like Mobeen has arrived John Simm stars in the provocative 90s drama Warm-hearted comedy with Ben Miller and Sally Phillips Follow two ambitious river restoration projects Who has made Troy's Premier League team of the week Is the risk that Mercedes took with Antonelli paying off Trailblazer Zhao set to take snooker to 'another level' in China Zhao beats Williams in historic final - highlights VideoZhao beats Williams in historic final - highlights Alexander-Arnold leaves as modern Liverpool great - but fans will feel hurt 'Scheffler and DeChambeau wins further raise US PGA excitement levels' Match-fixing scandal to Crucible champion - fall and rise of Zhao 'We need to take a look at ourselves' - Arsenal stalling at wrong time Europa League 'papering over cracks' for Man Utd - Rooney VideoEuropa League 'papering over cracks' for Man Utd - Rooney Ask Me Anything the new BBC Sport service designed to serve you Bayern's 'James Bond' - how Kane clinched his first trophy Nine bolters with a shot of making the Lions squad How 'absolutely outstanding' Palmer 'destroyed' Liverpool VideoHow 'absolutely outstanding' Palmer 'destroyed' Liverpool Solskjaer on Besiktas Saints 'punch' favourites Leinster in game for the ages VideoVardy the best £1m ever spent - Shearer Poppy's tears Elton John & Happy Gilmore - McIlroy on Jimmy Fallon show Copyright © 2025 BBC. 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A fundraiser has been launched to raise money to offer as a reward to help catch those responsible for the death of two nesting swans in Newport Two breeding swans, which had been nesting along the towpath on Newport canal were both found dead on the morning of Thursday West Mercia Police believe the pair had both been shot with an air rifle overnight A clutch of 11 of the swans' eggs were taken in by Cuan Wildlife Rescue In need of a larger incubator, the charity launched an appeal to raise £300, but received more than £2,000 in donations in a matter of hours another fundraiser has been launched by a Newport resident in the hopes of being able to offer a reward for information that would help police with their investigation In just two days, the 'Justice for Newport swans' fundraiser has raised almost £1,000 Newport Councillor Peter Scott said the incident had caused great distress in the town He said: "We are all hoping for some good news about the eggs from Cuan Wildlife The whole community are upset with what happened to the swans." police issued an appeal for information about the incident A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "The Newport Safer Neighbourhood team continue to investigate the unlawful killing of two swans that were incubating their eggs on their nest in Victoria Park "We believe both swans were shot with an air rifle sometime in the night over April 30 to May 1 "We are viewing CCTV of the area at the key times and are appealing for information from anyone that may lead us to who carried out this cruel attack "One small consolation to this sad story is that the eggs left behind from the killing of the swans have been taken to an incubator and we hope will have survived." Anybody with information is being urged to contact West Mercia Police directly, the local Safer Neighbourhood Team or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 if they wish to remain anonymous. Huw Jenkins spent 17 years with Swansea City Newport County want to appoint a new manager by the end of May and chairman Huw Jenkins says there has been plenty of interest in the vacancy Nelson Jardim recently left his role as head coach by mutual consent after just under a season in charge of the League Two club Assistant Dafydd Williams stepped up to take interim charge for the final two games of the season with Jenkins looking to make a permanent appointment by the end of the month "I think it's important it's done in May," Jenkins told BBC Radio Wales Sport "But first and foremost it has to be right for us – anybody who comes in to manage our club "They have to know clearly where they are and what we're trying to do." Williams open to managing Newport full time Former Swansea City chairman Jenkins become Newport's majority shareholder and chairman in January 2024. Jenkins confirmed there has been more interest from candidates in the managerial position than last year "Things have definitely changed a little bit the perception outwardly on Newport County has changed a little bit," Jenkins said "Some of the conversations I had last summer are different to now because we've had many phone calls off people who are interested in putting their name forward "People can see and probably feel what we're trying to do as a club and perhaps they may have been reluctant to dip their toes in the water last season and they wanted to see how things went "Perhaps they've reconsidered that and feel we can provide as a football club the opportunity for people." Jenkins insisted appointing Jardim as head coach last July was not a mistake but acknowledged the team had struggled for consistency "We started the season in a reasonable way and went on a period of losing a few games," Jenkins added "That sort of form continued right through the season "Every time we thought we were getting somewhere we went backwards and when we would go backwards we somehow found something that got us forward again "It's slightly been below the word comfortable but overall I think we've got to take it on the chin "We've got to quickly move on and make sure we learn a few lessons from this year and make sure we're better next year." Newport's disappointing season ended with a 4-1 defeat at home to Tranmere Rovers which saw them finish just above the relegation zone Jenkins wants to create a buzz at Newport once again with the club challenging for the play-offs as well as FA Cup runs "I didn't get involved with the club just to have the odd cup run and like we have done the last couple of years just to avoid relegation," Jenkins said "I decided to take the risk and bring in younger players to develop – we've learnt from that from this season "Getting into play-off finals like Newport have done with the last 8-10 years is important "We've got to create that proper mentality within the club that we want to do that regularly "We want to be up in the top 10 – the odd year you're going to get in there and have a chance and we also need to be around that fighting our way "My main remit – and it goes back to what I've experienced in the past – is making sure every year you build on it and every year you get better than the year before "If we continue that we'll certainly have a chance in the next few years to get those feelings back around the club "It's important we get that feeling back at the club." Police have issued a statement after the death of a man near Newport Officers were called to Chetwynd Road in Edgmond near Newport at around 12.40pm today after reports of "concerns for safety" Emergency services attended the scene where a man in his 70s was pronounced deceased West Mercia Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious Police presence was seen in the area today and residents have been told to expect this to continue A spokesperson said: "Officers attended Chetwynd Road in Edgmond near Newport at around 12.40pm today (Sunday May 4) following a report of concern for safety "Emergency services attended the scene where a man "People may see an increase in police presence in the area as enquiries are carried out "The death is not being treated as suspicious." Newport RFC v Aberavon RFC – 3rd May 2025 by John Evans Newport had been seeded at home to face Aberavon a side that play with terrific ambition and no little talent and Newport would need to be somewhere near their best to overcome the Wizards It was an absolutely beautiful day at Newport Stadium but the strong breeze would undoubtedly play a part in proceedings with Newport defending the Cricket Club end of the ground Newport worked hard in defence but were instantly caught cold as a few popped passes to the left opened the Black & Ambers up a treat Wing Felix Gilbert took the final pass and glided in to score in the corner with double figure seconds on the clock Ben Roach trucking it up the middle to the 22 but Aberavon had hands all over the ball in the ruck Jac Lloyd’s kick to touch didn’t yield much yardage but Josh Skinner gathered the lineout ball to set up a powerful rolling maul the Wizards were adept at stopping these drives and won themselves the turnover A fantastic effort from the Newport front three trio of Devine and Harris shoved Aberavon backwards and won another penalty A scruffy lineout was recovered by Dafydd Buckland before visiting centre Bradley Roderick found himself offside at a ruck boomed a pass out to Lloyd Lewis who sprinted for the line almost cartwheeling in to touch the ball down over the line so the scoreboard now read Newport 5 Aberavon 5 with 9 minutes played Ed Dunford slotting the three-pointer to make it Newport 5 Aberavon 8 with 12 minutes played Aberavon were intent on making a statement They kept ball well and fullback Scott Delnevo stepped through some loose tackling to threaten the Newport line but he was downed metres short and spilled the ball Iestyn Galton ran infield to collect a high ball and motored into the visitors half but Aberavon were impatient in defence again Tom Devine was first to bludgeon forward before the ball went wide but the final pass to Lloyd Lewis was horribly forward Newport were caught offside on their own 22 The lineout went long to flanker Rhys Thomas before hooker Luke Davies claimed the try in the corner making the score Newport 5 Aberavon 13 with 22 minutes played Jac Lloyd lined up his penalty shot at goal but the kick sailed to the left of the sticks leaving the score a 5-13 with 26 minutes played Carwyn Penny caught the restart before passing to Jac Lloyd He had Kyle Tayler in support before Dafydd Buckland appeared He took the pass before haring off at top speed just a handful of metres short of the line Newport tried to run out of defence on 30 minutes a loose pass putting them back into trouble put in a tantalising kick that had Chay Foster-Smith competing with opposite number Joe Gage but the Aberavon man knocked on as the ball stood up in the corner The Wizards worked hard to create an opening but a pass out to the wings was picked off by Dafydd Buckland He set off on a lung-busting sprint to the line Scott Delnevo and wing Cori Lewis-Jenkins raced back to cover and it looked for all the world the Lewis-Jenkins had succeeded in stopping the try but Dafydd Buckland got the ball down and the referee so the score now was Newport 12 Aberavon 13 with 32 minutes played Aberavon were letting Newport have very little space to get going while progress at forward was minimal as the big men cancelled each other out Aberavon ratcheted up their efforts as the half drew to a close An excellent kick to the corner bounced unkindly for Carwyn Penny as it went to touch Ed Dunford put his teammates into the corner again The lineout set for a third time and again hooker Luke Davies let his pack down by overthrowing Jac Lloyd seized the ball and booted it dead to draw the half to a close Half Time:  Newport RFC 12 Aberavon RFC 13 Aberavon making an absolute hash of the kick but the ball slipped through his hands onto George Young inadvertently changing the point of attack The Wizards pack again wrapped up the maul and gained the turnover and the chat between Mr David and Ben Roach would certainly have caused concern when Dafydd Buckland inched offside at a maul just 2 minutes later Mr David had nowhere to go other than his top pocket Aberavon sought to exploit the numerical advantage by going wide quickly A cross-kick to Felix Gilbert found the Aberavon man being met by Iestyn Galton who pushed the attack back out and away from the line Newport stepped up their defensive efforts and earned a break when Aberavon offended at a tackle situation but this was missed by the refereeing team as play went on There then followed the most ‘Keystone Cops’ section of play that has been seen for a long while Scott Delnevo missed the pass completely; the cover defender overran the ball Newport broke and sprinted toward the line before over-complicating it and losing possession Cori Lewis-Jenkins gained the ball and ran out of defence bobbling loose for Jac Lloyd to scoop up and gallop 60-metres to score in the corner he then regained his composure to slot the two-pointer Lloyd Lewis was given room to manoeuvre but was tackled before Jac Lloyd noted how flat the Aberavon defence had become A well-aimed kick had Iestyn Galton in pursuit allowing the ball to roll to where he wanted it Jac Lloyd kicked the conversion to make it Newport 26 Aberavon 13 on 52 minutes Newport lost Max Williams to a yellow card The big man had made a clumsy tackle on a player dipping into contact phases being successfully completed against 14 players takes its toll and Rhys Thomas picked a nice line to score under the crossbar Ed Dunford kicked the conversion to make it Newport 26 Aberavon 20 on 57 minutes Ty Morris changed his front row on the hour it was Aberavon’s turn to attract Mr David’s stern gaze Lloyd Lewis had run out of defence up to the Newport 22 Dafydd Buckland was preparing to launch the ball away from the base of the ruck before Wizards openside Ben Gregory stepped across the ruck and neutralised the Newport 9 Ed Dunford’s neat kick behind the Newport defence hadn’t accounted for Dai Richards before sprinting straight to the tryline and score under the crossbar Jac Lloyd kicked the conversion to make the score Newport 33 Aberavon 20 on 64 minutes George Young was relieved of duty by Josh Reid on 67 minutes Kyle Tayler was doing Kyle Tayler things on the deck the ball magically reappearing Newport’s side Josh Skinner carried hard into contact; Ollie Drake pushed the move on Jac Lloyd was controlling play nicely before putting Dai Richards into space Richards’ outrageous dummy appeared to wrongfoot the entire Aberavon backline leaving the blond centre to coast in to score making the score Newport 40 Aberavon 20 on 69 minutes while Luke Crane came on for Dafydd Buckland A terrific 50:22 by Jac Lloyd turned defence into attack on 72 minutes Newport fought well but blew their position by going off their feet at a ruck Chay Foster-Smith and Dai Richards were withdrawn to enable Barney Nightingale and Elliot Frewen to take the field and they kicked to the corner following a penalty decision setting up a rolling maul which Ashton Evans finished off This made the score Newport 40 Aberavon 25 on 78 minutes Newport were involved in some spirited defending into stoppage time Lloyd Lewis reached out for an interception but only knocked the ball on Mr David had little hesitation reaching for his pocket to issue Newport’s third yellow card of the afternoon but it seemed an odd decision as it was outside the 22 and there was plenty of cover behind him Josh Reid carrying the ball away before booting clear Cardiff RFC were seeing off a spirited effort from Bridgend RFC at the Parc yr Arfau so it will be a trip to the Capital City next weekend for the Black & Ambers Please keep an eye on the Newport RFC socials this week Final Score – Newport RFC 40 Aberavon RFC 25   Designed by  It's a historic pub which sits in beautiful countryside on the Shropshire and Staffordshire border and is a pub which sees people come back for the great food landlords have to look at how they want to sell their pubs to customers in order to get them to come back Some go down the route of being a simple drinkers pub selling a large range of drinks and very little food while other pubs go down the gastronomic route and prioritise food over drink there are pubs that work to be everything to everyone and provide an experience that makes people want to come back again and again The Red Lion at Great Chatwell is a pub which the landlady Sharon Fowels said she wanted to be a destination pub and somewhere that she could attract in people from across the region Located on the border between Shropshire and Staffordshire the pub sits in a small hamlet deep in the countryside and has been part of the community since the 17th century with reports showing brewing taking place at the end of the 18th century it was purchased by locals Kevin and Rachel Shaw in 2023 and reopened as a free house in April that year under the stewardship of Ms Fowels who said she had been in the pub trade for years and was looking to leave it until she got a call from the Shaws A few years ago, Forbes pub­lished author Rober­ta Chin­sky Matuson’s sen­si­ble advice to busi­ness­peo­ple seek­ing to shoot up that gold­en lad­der. These law­ful tips espoused such famil­iar virtues as hard work and com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment were eas­i­ly adapt­able to the rabble—artists any­one in the ser­vice indus­try or non-prof­it sec­tor… It must pain her that so many bil­lion­aires have been behav­ing so bad­ly of late While there’s noth­ing inher­ent­ly wrong with aspir­ing to amass lots of mon­ey the next gen­er­a­tion of bil­lion­aires is play­ing fast and loose with their souls if their pri­ma­ry role mod­els are the ones dom­i­nat­ing today’s head­lines Wouldn’t it be grand if they looked instead to the Hobo Eth­i­cal Code, a seri­ous stan­dard of behav­ior estab­lished at the Hobo Nation­al Con­ven­tion of 1889 Giv­en the peri­patet­ic lifestyle of these migra­to­ry work­ers, it was up to the indi­vid­ual to hold him­self or her­self to this knight­ly stan­dard Hoboes prid­ed them­selves on their self-reliance and hon­esty as well as their com­pas­sion for their fel­low humans The envi­ron­ment and the most vul­ner­a­ble mem­bers of our soci­ety stand to ben­e­fit if tomorrow’s bil­lion­aires take it to heart Decide your own life; don’t let anoth­er per­son run or rule you always respect the local law and offi­cials Don’t take advan­tage of some­one who is in a vul­ner­a­ble sit­u­a­tion By doing so you not only help a busi­ness along but ensure employ­ment should you return to that town again make your own work by using your added tal­ents at crafts Do not allow your­self to become a stu­pid drunk and set a bad exam­ple for locals’ treat­ment of oth­er hobos anoth­er hobo will be com­ing along who will need them as bad­ly do not leave garbage where you are jungling cause no prob­lems with the oper­at­ing crew or host rail­road anoth­er hobo will be com­ing along who will need pas­sage through that yard Do not allow oth­er hobos to molest chil­dren; expose all moles­ters to authorities…they are the worst garbage to infest any soci­ety Help your fel­low hobos when­ev­er and wher­ev­er need­ed Note: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this post appeared on our site in 2016 The Hobo Code: An Intro­duc­tion to the Hiero­glyph­ic Lan­guage of Ear­ly 1900s Train-Hop­pers Rules for Teach­ers in 1872 & 1915: No Drink­ing, Smok­ing, or Trips to Bar­ber Shops and Ice Cream Par­lors How to Live a Good Life? Watch Phi­los­o­phy Ani­ma­tions Nar­rat­ed by Stephen Fry on Aris­to­tle, Ayn Rand, Max Weber & More The Pow­er of Empa­thy: A Quick Ani­mat­ed Les­son That Can Make You a Bet­ter Per­son Ayun Hal­l­i­day is an author, illus­tra­tor, the­ater mak­er and Chief Pri­ma­tol­o­gist of the East Vil­lage Inky zine.  Her play Zam­boni Godot is open­ing in New York City in March 2017. Fol­low her @AyunHalliday by | Permalink | Make a Comment ( None ) | can you real­ly claim to have seen Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring at all At that 108-gigapix­el res­o­lu­tion, notes Jason Kot­tke, “each pix­el is 1.3 microns in size — 1000 microns is 1 mil­lime­ter.” You can learn more about the tech­nol­o­gy behind the project in this mak­ing-of video pro­duced by Hirox Europe the local branch of the Japan­ese dig­i­tal micro­scope com­pa­ny respon­si­ble for both the ten bil­lion-pix­el scan and this 108 bil­lion-pix­el one which neces­si­tat­ed 88 hours of non-stop scan­ning this rel­a­tive­ly small can­vas of 15 inch­es by 17.5 inch­es a process that result­ed in 41,000 3D images 3D images: though Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring known as “the Mona Lisa of the North,” may be known far and wide in flat rep­re­sen­ta­tions on pages Ver­meer achieved his ultra-real­is­tic effects not just by putting the right col­ors in the right places, but apply­ing them at the right thick­ness­es and with the right tex­tures — all of which have been repli­cat­ed in a “mega-sized” phys­i­cal 3D print, 100 times larg­er than the orig­i­nal work, com­mis­sioned by the Mau­rit­shuis for its Who’s that Girl? exhi­bi­tion via Kot­tke Why is Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring Con­sid­ered a Mas­ter­piece?: An Ani­mat­ed Intro­duc­tion A Guid­ed Tour Through All of Vermeer’s Famous Paint­ings, Nar­rat­ed by Stephen Fry Mas­ter of Light: A Close Look at the Paint­ings of Johannes Ver­meer Nar­rat­ed by Meryl Streep What Makes Vermeer’s The Milk­maid a Mas­ter­piece?: A Video Intro­duc­tion Down­load All 36 of Jan Vermeer’s Beau­ti­ful­ly Rare Paint­ings (Most in Bril­liant High Res­o­lu­tion) The Largest & Most Detailed Pho­to­graph of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch Is Now Online: Zoom In & See Every Brush Stroke When inven­tor Édouard-Léon Scott de Mar­t­inville sang a nurs­ery rhyme into his phonoau­to­gram in 1860 he had no plans to ever play back this record­ing the phonoau­to­gram took inputs for the study of sound waves but could not be turned into an out­put device we can hear the voice of Scott in what is now con­sid­ered the first ever record­ing of human sound What you will hear in the above video are the var­i­ous stages of recon­struct­ing and reverse engi­neer­ing the voice that sang on that April day in 1860 like wip­ing away decades of dirt and soot Scott had looked to the inven­tion of pho­tog­ra­phy and won­dered if some­thing sim­i­lar could be done with sound waves focused as he was on improv­ing stenog­ra­phy And so the phonoau­to­gram took in sound vibra­tions through a diaphragm which moved a sty­lus against a rotat­ing cylin­der cov­ered in lamp­black What was left was a wig­gly line in a con­cen­tric cir­cle Scott’s inven­tion nev­er turned a prof­it and he went back to book­selling The inven­tion and some of the paper cylin­ders went into muse­ums In 2008, Amer­i­can audio his­to­ri­ans dis­cov­ered the scrib­bles and turned to the Lawrence Berke­ley Nation­al Lab­o­ra­to­ry and a soft­ware called IRENE The soft­ware was designed to extract sounds from wax cylin­ders with­out touch­ing the del­i­cate sur­faces and the first pass revealed what they thought at first was a young woman or child singing “Au Clair de la lune,” the French nurs­ery rhyme (not the Debussy piano work) a fur­ther exam­i­na­tion of Scott’s notes revealed that the record­ing was at a much slow­er speed and it was a man—most prob­a­bly Scott—singing the lul­la­by The video shows the stages that brought Scott back to life: Denois­ing a lot of extra­ne­ous sound; stretch­ing the record­ing back to nat­ur­al time; “tun­ing and quantizing”–correcting for imper­fec­tions in the human-turned cylin­der; clean­ing up har­mon­ics; and final­ly adding fur­ther har­mon­ics The result is less an unrec­og­niz­able ghost sig­nal and more a touch­ing sound of human­i­ty desir­ing some­how to have their voice live on Note: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this post appeared on our site in 2019 The Old­est Voic­es That We Can Still Hear: Hear Audio Record­ings of Ghost­ly Voic­es from the 1800s Down­load 10,000 of the First Record­ings of Music Ever Made, Cour­tesy of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia-San­ta Bar­bara  Opti­cal Scan­ning Tech­nol­o­gy Lets Researchers Recov­er Lost Indige­nous Lan­guages from Old Wax Cylin­der Record­ings Hear Singers from the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Opera Record Their Voic­es on Tra­di­tion­al Wax Cylin­ders 400,000+ Sound Record­ings Made Before 1923 Have Entered the Pub­lic Domain Ted Mills is a free­lance writer on the arts. You can read his oth­er arts writ­ing at tedmills.com and/or watch his films here by | Permalink | Make a Comment ( None ) | Image via Here­ford Cathe­dral and Here­ford Map­pa Mun­di Trust every aspect of William Shake­speare’s life has pro­duced more spec­u­la­tion than any of us could digest in a life­time but also his even more scant­i­ly doc­u­ment­ed per­son­al life the known facts are these: on Novem­ber 27th 1582 a mar­riage license was issued in Worces­ter to the 18-year-old William Shake­speare and the approx­i­mate­ly 26-year-old Anne Hath­away Six months lat­er came the first of their three chil­dren while Anne — willed only her hus­band’s “sec­ond-best bed” — remained in his home­town of Strat­ford-upon-Avon the cou­ple could not only have remained in com­mu­ni­ca­tion but also lived togeth­er in the cap­i­tal for a time “Here­ford Cathe­dral Library holds a frag­men­tary sev­en­teenth-cen­tu­ry let­ter addressed to a ‘Mrs Shak­spaire,’ con­cern­ing her husband’s deal­ings with a father­less appren­tice,” writes Steggle in his research paper recent­ly pub­lished in the jour­nal Shake­speare “Of the Shake­spear­es record­ed in Lon­don William Shake­speare is the only viable can­di­date to fit with the letter’s details.” In Steggle’s analy­sis it “paints a pic­ture of William and Anne Shake­speare togeth­er in Lon­don It fur­ther sug­gests an Anne Shake­speare who is not absent from her husband’s Lon­don life but present and engaged in his finan­cial and social net­works.” The New York Times’ Ephrat Livni quotes Steggle as say­ing that “this let­ter offers a glimpse of the Shake­spear­es togeth­er in Lon­don both involved in social net­works and busi­ness mat­ters pre­sent­ing a unit­ed front against impor­tu­nate requests to help poor orphans.” This would “lend some heft to fem­i­nist read­ings of Shakespeare’s life,” as well as to the pop-cul­ture trend of “rethink­ing the mar­riage and Hathaway’s role in it.” Each era thus con­tin­ues to cre­ate the Shake­speare for whom it feels the need — and the Mrs Free Course: A Sur­vey of Shakespeare’s Plays Why Should We Read William Shake­speare? Four Ani­mat­ed Videos Make the Case Behold Shakespeare’s First Folio, the First Pub­lished Col­lec­tion of Shakespeare’s Plays, Pub­lished 400s Year Ago (1623) The Only Sur­viv­ing Script Writ­ten by Shake­speare Is Now Online Did Shake­speare Write Pulp Fic­tion? (No, But If He Did, It’d Sound Like This) Did Bach’s Wife Com­pose Some of “His” Mas­ter­pieces? A New Doc­u­men­tary Says Yes Above, Lars Schmitz a pro­fes­sor at Clare­mont McKen­na Col­lege, guides us “through a giant tree of life map­ping the evo­lu­tion of eyes in the ani­mal king­dom: how they work and the evo­lu­tion­ary advan­tages they’ve unlocked across species.” The video comes cour­tesy of Wired It’s 36 min­utes and down­right fas­ci­nat­ing If you would like to sign up for Open Culture’s free email newslet­ter, please find it here Ani­mals Laugh Too: UCLA Study Finds Laugh­ter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows 16,000 Pages of Charles Darwin’s Writ­ing on Evo­lu­tion Now Dig­i­tized and Avail­able Online Carl Sagan Explains Evo­lu­tion in an 8‑Minute Ani­ma­tion Free Online Biol­o­gy Cours­es YouTube cel­e­brat­ed its twen­ti­eth anniver­sary prompt­ing younger users to won­der what life could have been like before it The fifti­eth anniver­sary of Mon­ty Python and the Holy Grail has inspired sim­i­lar reflec­tion among com­e­dy enthu­si­asts to imag­ine one­self back in a cul­ture not yet dis­rupt­ed by Mon­ty Python’s rig­or­ous­ly absurd log­ic and delib­er­ate break­ing of nar­ra­tive and social con­ven­tion — a cul­ture where that sort of thing could be feared too dan­ger­ous for tele­vi­sion and film It was their BBC sketch series Mon­ty Python’s Fly­ing Cir­cus that intro­duced this comedic sen­si­bil­i­ty first to Britain Between that show’s third and fourth sea­sons and Ter­ry Gilliam — took on the side project of cre­at­ing their own cin­e­mat­ic re-inter­pre­ta­tion of Arthuri­an leg­end With a mod­est bud­get fur­nished by Led Zep­pelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tul­l’s Ian Ander­son and oth­er investors con­nect­ed to the music world punc­tu­at­ed by inex­plic­a­ble anachro­nism and sat­u­rat­ed with an icon­o­clas­tic dis­re­gard for received wis­dom and trumped-up glo­ry whose place in the annals of com­e­dy leg­end has long since been assured Ter­ry Gilliam’s Lost Ani­ma­tions from Mon­ty Python and the Holy Grail Are Now Online Mon­ty Python’s Eric Idle Breaks Down His Most Icon­ic Char­ac­ters Mon­ty Python and the Holy Grail Cen­sor­ship Let­ter: We Want to Retain “Fart in Your Gen­er­al Direc­tion” Mon­ty Python and the Holy Grail Re-Imag­ined as an Epic, Main­stream Hol­ly­wood Film Mon­ty Python’s Best Phi­los­o­phy Sketch­es It’s hard to believe, but Mar­vin Gaye’s clas­sic 1967 record­ing of “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” was orig­i­nal­ly reject­ed by his record label Gaye’s ver­sion might have been for­got­ten had it not been includ­ed in his 1968 album, In the Groove “The DJs played it so much off the album,” Gordy said lat­er Gaye’s record­ing of the song became a crossover hit It rose not only to the top of the R&B charts but also spent sev­en weeks at the top of the Bill­board Pop Sin­gles chart It was Motown’s biggest-sell­ing sin­gle up to that time and the In the Groove album name was soon changed to I Heard It Through the Grapevine as did the back­ing vocal group The Andantes and the Detroit Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra Note: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this post appeared on our site in 2013 Revis­it­ing Mar­vin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On,” and the Album That Opened R&B to Resis­tance: Revis­it­ed 50 Years Lat­er Zoo Hires Mar­vin Gaye Imper­son­ator to Help Endan­gered Mon­keys “Get It On” Hear Grace Slick’s Hair-Rais­ing Vocals in the Iso­lat­ed Track for “White Rab­bit” (1967) Fred­die Mer­cury & David Bowie’s Iso­lat­ed Vocals for Queen’s “Under Pres­sure” (1981) While you almost cer­tain­ly know Simon & Gar­funkel, you may not know Dis­turbed, who’ve been steadi­ly pop­u­lar in the met­al world since the release of their debut album The Sick­ness in 2000. Lis­ten to that album’s big sin­gle “Down with the Sick­ness,” and you’re instant­ly trans­port­ed back to the turn of the mil­len­ni­um when the exag­ger­at­ed­ly rhyth­mic and aggres­sive sub­genre of “nu met­al” reigned supreme Enter­tain­ing though the sheer incon­gruity of a nu-met­al ver­sion of “The Sound of Silence” would be, that move­ment had long since flamed out by 2015, when Dis­turbed record­ed their cov­er of Simon & Gar­funkel’s sig­na­ture song. Instead, they take the haunt­ing aus­ter­i­ty of the orig­i­nal in a grand­ly mourn­ful direc­tion and the kind of cav­ernous sen­si­tiv­i­ty in which met­al acts occa­sion­al­ly indulge via Slate Watch Simon & Gar­funkel Sing “The Sound of Silence” 45 Years After Its Release, and Just Get Haunt­ing­ly Bet­ter with Time Paul Simon Tells the Sto­ry of How He Wrote “Bridge Over Trou­bled Water” (1970) Paul Simon Decon­structs “Mrs. Robin­son” (1970) Fred Armisen & Bill Hader’s Comedic Take on the His­to­ry of Simon and Gar­funkel Who Invent­ed Heavy Met­al Music?: A Search for Ori­gins Some­time dur­ing the 19th cen­tu­ry, the Saal­burg was redis­cov­ered and exca­vat­ed, then lat­er ful­ly recon­struct­ed. It’s now a UNESCO World Her­itage site and hous­es the Saal­burg Muse­um If you think the Ital­ians have mas­tered the craft of mak­ing shoes Accord­ing to the site Romans Across Europe the Romans “were the orig­i­na­tors of the entire-foot-encas­ing shoe.” The site con­tin­ues: There was a wide vari­ety of shoes and san­dals for men and women Most were con­struct­ed like mil­i­tary cali­gae with a one-piece upper nailed between lay­ers of the sole Many had large open-work areas made by cut­ting or punch­ing cir­cles Some very dain­ty women’s and children’s shoes still had thick nailed soles The image above, which puts all of the Romans’ shoe-mak­ing skill on dis­play, comes to us via Red­dit and imgur The Ancient Romans First Com­mit­ted the Sar­to­r­i­al Crime of Wear­ing Socks with San­dals, Archae­o­log­i­cal Evi­dence Sug­gests Archae­ol­o­gists Dis­cov­er an Ancient Roman San­dal with Nails Used for Tread How Wear­ing Ridicu­lous­ly Long Point­ed Shoes Became a Medieval Fash­ion Trend A Huge Scale Mod­el Show­ing Ancient Rome at Its Archi­tec­tur­al Peak (Built Between 1933 and 1937) Exquis­ite 2300-Year-Old Scythi­an Woman’s Boot Pre­served in the Frozen Ground of Siberia with char­ac­ter­is­tic straight­for­ward­ness “Every­body has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Back in the time of the Roman Repub­lic and the ear­ly Roman Empire all of Rome’s ene­mies must have had a plan until pila punched through their shields A kind of javelin with a wood­en shaft and a sharp iron shank the pilum came in both long and short lengths Short pila had the advan­tage of dis­tance but long pila had the advan­tage of pow­er as well as the con­ve­nient fea­ture — whether delib­er­ate­ly or acci­den­tal­ly imple­ment­ed at first — that their shanks would more read­i­ly bend after impact mak­ing them imprac­ti­cal to remove from the shields they’d pen­e­trat­ed With his shield thus made unwieldy by one or more pila, an advanc­ing com­bat­ant would thus be forced to dis­card it entire­ly — assum­ing he was still in the con­di­tion to do so. As you can see vivid­ly demon­strat­ed in the Smith­son­ian Chan­nel video above a pilum land­ing in the cen­ter of a shield could eas­i­ly skew­er any­one stand­ing behind it His­to­ry has it that Roman sol­diers were also trained to throw their pila where ene­my shields over­lapped pin­ning them togeth­er and thus ren­der­ing twice as much of their defense use­less pila could be gath­ered from the bat­tle­field for refur­bish­ment an exam­ple of qua­si-indus­tri­al pro­duc­tion under­gird­ed by Roman mil­i­tary might with an elo­quence very dif­fer­ent from Tyson’s — in the realm of sport Archae­ol­o­gists Dis­cov­er an Ancient Roman San­dal with Nails Used for Tread Ancient Greek Armor Gets Test­ed in an 11-Hour Bat­tle Sim­u­la­tion Inspired by the Ili­ad Watch Accu­rate Recre­ations of Medieval Ital­ian Longsword Fight­ing Tech­niques, All Based on a Man­u­script from 1404 A Close Look at Beowulf-Era Hel­mets & Swords, Cour­tesy of the British Muse­um How Many U.S. Marines Could Bring Down the Roman Empire? “Tom Jones and his show might’ve been seen as some­what ‘square’ by the rock­star stan­dards of CSNY,” writes Dan­ger­ous Minds,” but when the four­some agreed to appear in Sep­tem­ber of that year just weeks after the mas­sive fes­ti­val in upstate New York it turned into a mem­o­rable tele­vi­sion event with Jones tak­ing lead vocals on “Long Time Gone” and blow­ing the audi­ence and the band away “The man’s mighty lungs inspire the rest of them to keep up whose “face goes from one of disdain/’What am I doing here?’ to ‘This fuck­ing rocks’ about halfway through.” Even stranger than this com­bi­na­tion is the fact that Young agreed to do it at all He had become noto­ri­ous­ly averse to doing tele­vi­sion even turn­ing down The Tonight Show with John­ny Car­son and cit­ing his hatred of TV as a rea­son for leav­ing Buf­fa­lo Spring­field two years ear­li­er Though he may have been caught up in the moment as his long­time man­ag­er Eliot Roberts told biog­ra­ph­er Jim­my McDo­nough: “Neil went It’s that shit.’ He always used to say ‘that shit.’ Cros­by had this weed of doom… Neil nev­er for­gave me for that but in ret­ro­spect it was embar­rass­ing.” Young prob­a­bly shouldn’t have wor­ried it didn’t seem to hurt his cred­i­bil­i­ty as much as his bewil­der­ing (though crit­i­cal­ly re-appraised) 1982 New Wave record rein­vent­ing him­self in the 80s and 90s in good-humored self-par­o­dies then becom­ing a bona fide pop star once more He has yet to appear again with Neil Young Note: An ear­li­er ver­sion of this post appeared on our site in 2020 Janis Joplin & Tom Jones Bring the House Down in an Unlike­ly Duet of “Raise Your Hand” (1969) Tom Jones Cov­ers Talk­ing Heads “Burn­ing Down the House”–and Burns Down the House (1999) David Gilmour, David Cros­by & Gra­ham Nash Per­form the Pink Floyd Clas­sic, “Shine on You Crazy Dia­mond” (2006) Tom Jones & Chuck Berry Per­form Togeth­er, Singing “Roll Over Beethoven” & “Mem­phis” (1974) The Time Neil Young Met Charles Man­son, Liked His Music, and Tried to Score Him a Record Deal Josh Jones is a writer and musi­cian based in Durham, NC. Fol­low him at @jdmagness Open Culture scours the web for the best educational media We find the free courses and audio books you need the language lessons & educational videos you want This Google™ translation feature is provided for informational purposes only The Office of the Attorney General is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool Please consult with a translator for accuracy if you are relying on the translation or are using this site for official business If you have any questions please contact: Bilingual Services Program at EERROffice@doj.ca.gov A copy of this disclaimer can also be found on our Disclaimer page **The information provided below is based on preliminary details regarding an ongoing investigation OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that the California Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating and will independently review an officer-involved shooting (OIS) that occurred in Newport Beach The OIS incident resulted in the death of one individual and involved personnel from the Newport Beach Police Department Following notification by local authorities DOJ’s California Police Shooting Investigation Team initiated an investigation in accordance with AB 1506 mandates it will be turned over to DOJ’s Special Prosecutions Section within the Criminal Law Division for independent review Anyone who has information related to this officer-involved shooting incident and wishes to report it may do so by calling (916) 210-2871 More information on the California Department of Justice’s role and responsibilities under AB 1506 is available here: https://oag.ca.gov/ois-incidents MEGAN's LAW California Registered Sex Offender Database A woman accused of killing her estranged husband told police he had hanged himself after she had thrown him out when hearing his new girlfriend might be pregnant Amy Pugh from Stafford Road, Wolverhampton denies murdering  Kyle Pugh at her former home on Aston Drive in Newport on March 22 Stafford Crown Court had previously heard how 34-year-old Pugh is alleged to have killed husband Kyle after a fight in the kitchen The 30-year-old died as a result of compression injuries to his neck The court had heard that the couple were separated and had previously been in a ‘volatile’ and ‘turbulent’ relationship In concluding his opening for the prosecution Mr James Evans KC told the jury that Pugh gave her version of events in four police interviews after calling 999 following what she described as the discovery of Pugh's body Police are investigating the "unlawful killing" of two nesting swans in Newport that are believed to have been killed with an air rifle A post by Telford & Wrekin Police said the swans were nesting along the tow path at Victoria Park Police believe that both swans were shot with an air rifle overnight between April 30 and May 1 Eggs that were left behind have been taken to an incubator and it's hoped that they will survive Officers in the area are appealing for information about the incident and anyone who may have been involved A initial post said: "Sergeant 3383 Jones and the Newport Safer Neighbourhood Team are appealing for information following the unlawful killing of two nesting swans along the tow path at Victoria Park "If you have any information about anyone who may be involved in this incident please contact Newport Safer Neighbourhood Team at newport.snt@westmercia.police.uk or call 101." Officers in Newport are investigating and are reviewing CCTV in the area A following post by Telford & Wrekin Police said: "On Saturday May 3 2025 Sergeant 3383 Jones met with Councillor Peter Scott to discuss the killing of two swans in Victoria Park last week "The Newport Safer Neighbourhood team continue to investigate the unlawful killing of two swans that were incubating their eggs on their nest in Victoria Park.  "We believe both swans were shot with an air rifle sometime in the night over April 30 to May 1. We are viewing CCTV of the area at the key times and are appealing for information from anyone that may lead us to who carried out this cruel attack. Huw Evans Picture AgencyPublished2 May 2025Caretaker boss Dafydd Williams wants to put smiles on fans' faces in Newport County's final match of the season - and get their "juices flowing" for 2025-26 who took charge following Nelson Jardim's departure last month says it has been a "disappointing" campaign with County sitting 21st in League Two But he wants to end the season on a high when they host Tranmere Rovers at Rodney Parade on Saturday urging his players to show more grit and determination than they have at times this season "I want to see a Newport County performance aggression and a competitive edge to us," said Williams "I want us to get more attacking outcomes and defend our goal a bit better There's been a lot this season where some might feel we've become disassociated with what a Newport team looks like and feels like "We want to give everyone a great afternoon to finish off what's been a disappointing season "I'd love nothing more than to give them that feeling at 5pm on Saturday that 'I've watched (a classic) Newport County today' "Hopefully they can see a performance that gets the juices flowing for next season." Williams stepped in for the final two games of the season following Jardim's departure by mutual consent after just under a season in charge In recent months County have struggled to string wins together and climb the table But Williams, who says he is open to succeeding Jardim on a permanent basis if asked believes fans can feel optimistic of improvements in 2025-26 "I do think it's an exciting time for the club mid-to-long term," he said if we can bring back that Newport County feeling on a Saturday afternoon then I think it'd be a really enjoyable place to be and something I'd love to be a part of." A Newport shop where the director was handed a court bill of nearly £5,000 after a sales assistant sold a vape to a 15-year-old during an undercover operation is now having its premises licence reviewed A public consultation period has now ended after an unnamed ‘responsible authority’ made an application to Telford & Wrekin Council to review the premises licence of Newport Premier, at 99A High Street, Newport The notice of the review remained on the Telford & Wrekin Council website on Wednesday (April 30) Premises licences are needed if businesses intend to sell alcohol or provide ‘licensable activities’ A spokesperson for the shop declined to comment Telford & Wrekin Council has been asked for more information In a press release in March 2025 the council reported that Newport Premier Ltd was taken to Telford Magistrates Court and the company’s director The court handed the maximum penalty of a £2,500 fine reduced to £1,666 for an early guilty plea alongside a £660 victim surcharge and £2,266.56 investigation costs A 1940s event in Newport kicked off a week of celebrations and commemorations for the 80th anniversary of VE Day Europe will celebrate eight decades since the formal acceptance by the Allies of Germany's unconditional surrender huge crowds took to the streets across the country to rejoice after almost six years of fighting To celebrate the anniversary this week, several events have been planned across the West Midlands Kickstarting the week, a 1940s event was held in Newport on Monday to celebrate reflect and remember the sacrifices made by those who lived through the war Attendees were encouraged to come dressed in clothing from the era for a day packed with classic war-time songs Ann Whitfield from the Royal British Legion said it was a “lovely way” to kick off the celebrations of the anniversary taking place across the county all week She said: “We had a nice steady flow of people all day lots of cups of tea drunk and a lot of cake eaten The WI had a stall on explaiing rationing and they were all agog about how little people had to eat She said along with the music from the era there were people there with their own family stories of experiences during the ear “It was a lovely community event and really worthwhile We've a lot more happening in Newport with a proclamation outside the church on Thursday and the lighting of beacons