ShortcutsCrimeA couple in East Sussex have been banned from looking at their next door neighbours’ house, while Netflix employees have been told not to look at each other for too long. What’s going on? Name: Looking. Age: As old as eyes. Status: Banned. What? Are you saying that the simple act of looking has been banned? Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that. Shall I explain? Yes, please. Are you either Nigel or Sheila Jacklin, from near Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex?

The ObserverAirbus This article is more than 1 month old‘Worse than giving birth’: 700 fall sick after Airbus staff Christmas dinnerThis article is more than 1 month oldFrench health authorities investigating mass gastroenteritis outbreak after company restaurant served foie gras and lobster A gourmet Christmas dinner for 2,600 workers at the French aerospace group Airbus Atlantic left hundreds of staff sick. The health authorities have launched an investigation to establish what caused a mass outbreak of gastroenteritis among a reported 700 employees.

The ObserverWilliam Shakespeare This article is more than 1 year oldA new Shakespeare plot: garden of Bard’s daughter to be recreated This article is more than 1 year oldRemedies used by healer Susanna Hall and her doctor husband will be planted at Stratford home In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia offers rosemary to boost memory, while in A Midsummer Night’s Dream Puck pours the juice of “love-in-idleness” on to the sleeping eyelids of Titania, making her “madly dote” on Bottom wearing an ass’s head.

US prisonsStudies show incarceration does not improve public safety but ‘tough-on-crime’ Republicans are driving investment in prisons At a time when the US has narrowly skirted a recession, and people around the country are still struggling with the cost of living, a curious number of states have found billions of dollars for one thing: building prisons and jails. In September, Alabama announced that a new prison, currently under construction, would have a final cost of $1.

It has spawned hit spinoffs, bagged a Pulitzer and its evocative, character-led reports now have 5 million fans. Has This American Life grown too big? As the show turns 25, founder Ira Glass reveals what keeps him up at night Published: 10 Dec 2020 ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7tbTEoKyaqpSerq96wqikaJqfpLi0e8OaraKcXaiypa3Roqo%3D