It’s July 1974, and the Duke is in town to shoot a film, suffering from lung cancer, effing and blinding and cheerfully laying into everything and everyoneI’d like to say that I had met John Wayne under a mesa in Monument Valley or as the sagebrush swirled across the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Instead we were, in July 1974, face to face in a static caravan on a rusty old industrial estate in Greenford, Middlesex, where, far from his natural habitat in America’s Old West, I’d gone to talk to Wayne about his latest film, Brannigan.This was the one Read More

Source:: The Guardian

It’s July 1974, and the Duke is in town to shoot a film, suffering from lung cancer, effing and blinding and cheerfully laying into everything and everyoneI’d like to say that I had met John Wayne under a mesa in Monument Valley or as the sagebrush swirled across the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Instead we were, in July 1974, face to face in a static caravan on a rusty old industrial estate in Greenford, Middlesex, where, far from his natural habitat in America’s Old West, I’d gone to talk to Wayne about his latest film, Brannigan.This was the one Read More

Source:: The Guardian

Chickpea flour makes a great (and gluten-free) pizza baseI had dinner the other day with an old friend who reminded me of a trip we made to Turin several years ago. As is often the case, my memories from the trip are crystal clear for one reason: the food we ate. In particular, the tantalising smell and flavour of the farinata pizzas we enjoyed are etched in my mind. The traditional recipe calls for chickpea flour (gluten-free, so ideal for those with intolerances) whisked with olive oil and water to make a loose batter that is then grilled to a Read More

Source:: The Guardian

With the exception of mermaids – an excuse to put a bronze topless women in public – there are not enough tributes to inspirational women in the world of swimming …The recent news that there is finally to be a statue of a woman in Parliament Square – the suffragist Millicent Fawcett – got me thinking. Which woman would I choose to make a statue of, and where would I put her? Well, she would definitely be swimming-related, and definitely not remotely royal or fictional. As @tkingdot’s infographic about the campaign shows, there are already more statues of men named Read More

Source:: The Guardian

When you’re a kid, backpack choice pretty much centers on which sports team or superhero you like best. Besides shoving in a few schoolbooks, some paper and pencils, and forbidden contraband like gum and those lingerie magazines you were hiding from your mom and showing to all of your friends, you never gave a thought […]

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Source:: Unfinished Man