All posts tagged: Owned

Queen Elizabeth I Owned Two Thousand Dresses. Only a Scrap of One Remains.

Queen Elizabeth I Owned Two Thousand Dresses. Only a Scrap of One Remains.

Published by Sam Flores

Queen Elizabeth I, Rainbow Portrait Pictures from History/Getty Images The clues are convincing enough to have led Historic Royal Palaces to study it, restore it, and, in 2019, display it at Hampton Court alongside the famous Rainbow Portrait of Elizabeth I. This was no coincidence: the embroidery on the cloth resembles that of the dress worn by the queen in the painting, and some even speculate that they might have been part of the same garment. The name chosen for the exhibition, after all, left little to the imagination: The Lost Dress of Elizabeth I. The Bacton Altar Cloth on display at Hampton Court alongside the Rainbow Portrait. Steve Parsons – PA Images/Getty Images This leaves another question: how is it possible that so little of Elizabeth’s wardrobe has survived? In the 16th century, a dress was also a small fortune made up of fabrics, embroidery, and precious metals. Once it went out of style, it could be given away, altered, taken apart, and reused, with practically everything of value salvaged. This is also why, …

Who Owns Your Mind’s Creative Work? Who Owned Dolly Parton’s?

Who Owns Your Mind’s Creative Work? Who Owned Dolly Parton’s?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Weddings, funerals, breakups at 2 a.m. — one song always shows up: “I Will Always Love You.” Whitney Houston sent it into the stratosphere. Lorelai Gilmore poured it out on Gilmore Girls. Yet it arose out of Dolly Parton’s soul in 1974, pure emotion turned into melody, lyrics, and musical history. So it’s Dolly’s song, right? It’s hers, she wrote it, she can license it, she can get paid for it. Right? Not according to attorney Stephan Kinsella. His 2025 article, “The Problem with Intellectual Property,” argues that Dolly shouldn’t have any rights to her own song. By that logic, she owns the paperclip holding her sheet music more than she owns the song itself. The movement to abolish your copyright Kinsella is a nationally known lawyer and libertarian writer. His claim: No one owns the creative products of their own mind — not a song, not a painting, not a novel. He puts it bluntly: “that all forms of Intellectual Property should be abolished entirely, not merely reformed; that IP rights are unjust and …

Ukraine seeks to seize water company owned by billionaire family of British theatre mogul

Ukraine seeks to seize water company owned by billionaire family of British theatre mogul

Published by Sam Flores

A British theatre impresario and her billionaire family are embroiled in a bitter dispute with Ukrainian authorities seeking to seize a water company they jointly own with a Russian oligarch. The row centres on a 34% stake held in the producer of Ukraine’s biggest bottled water brands by the Patarkatsishvili family, including Liana Patarkatsishvili, who recently worked on an immersive show with Toby Jones and Meera Syal. The corporate holdings of IDS Ukraine were frozen by the Ukrainian authorities in 2022 owing to the 49% stake that is also held in the company by Russian investors, including Mikhail Fridman, the founder of the Russian Alfa Group conglomerate. He is under western sanctions for his support for Vladimir Putin’s regime. Ukraine’s asset recovery and management agency (Arma) has been tasked with instructing independent management to take over the running of the company whose other minority shareholders include the Georgian government. The Ukrainian agency’s head, Yaroslava Maksymenko, said they had repeatedly run into legal and bureaucratic obstacles owing, in part, to the shareholders’ resistance to give up …

Up to 240 new homes could be built on Kent field owned by the Church of England

Up to 240 new homes could be built on Kent field owned by the Church of England

Published by Sam Flores

The Church of England has revealed long-awaited plans for 240 homes on land it purchased in the 1980s. The proposed site is at the edge of the huge Finberry new-build estate in Ashford. The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the CofE’s investments and land ownership, has submitted an environmental impact assessment scoping report to Ashford Borough Council (ABC). The document suggests the Church is eyeing a plot north of Avocet Way on the edge of Finberry. The report says it would be “a residential-led mixed-use development”, with a “small quantum of commercial uses”. It says construction could begin in 2029, with the site “fully operational” in 2035. ABC’s current local plan allocates the 32-acre site for up to 300 homes. Cllr Paul Bartlett (Con), who represents Finberry and Sevington, said: “It’s a very longstanding site which has been designated for the extension of Finberry. It’s all scheduled to be developed. What I’m particularly encouraged about is the fact it shows commitment to Finberry by the Church Commissioners.” Cllr Bartlett says the CofE purchased swathes …

Cameras we owned way before the 1970s | Photography

Cameras we owned way before the 1970s | Photography

Published by Jenni Sidey

I was astounded by Viv Groskop’s comment that “Most people didn’t own cameras” in the 1970s (‘It looked stunning on Joanna Lumley!’, 25 August). This might have been true in the early 20th century, but even my mother, born in 1916, had her faithful Box Brownie, with which she took photos of family and friends in the 40s and 50s, and later I was taking slides on an Agfa Silette 35mm in the 1960s.Marie PatersonNuneaton, Warwickshire Re your editorial on writers’ abodes (18 August) and Michael Wild’s letter (20 August), I should like to point out that a cottage on the Newstead Abbey estate was the home of the bestselling novelist Dorothy Whipple for several years in the 1930s, and is the setting for her 1939 novel, The Priory.Jeremy HiltonBridport, Dorset “Nothing can beat stepping inside the world of a writer by staying in their home,” says Dr David Rudrum (Letters, 25 August). One thing can: reading their work.Neil CorcoranEmeritus professor of English literature, University of Liverpool Looking at the names of letter writers on 24 August – Bert …

I replaced Tailscale’s control server and finally owned my tailnet

I replaced Tailscale’s control server and finally owned my tailnet

Published by skeptic

I didn’t really understand the Tailscale hype until I tried it. Installed the client, authenticated it, and let the cloud handle the rest. It’s a genuinely great product, but every device I put on my tailnet needs to check in with someone else’s server to figure out how to talk to my other devices. The traffic stays peer-to-peer, sure, but the coordination layer — the part that knows which devices exist, when they connect, and how they find each other — lives outside my control. That is, until I tried Headscale, and now I finally own my entire tailnet. Related I replaced Tailscale with a different kind of tool, and it works much better I was running a private network to open one page. The server behind your tailnet Headscale replaces Tailscale’s control plane while keeping the same secure mesh networking model Screenshot by Yadullah Abidi | No Attribution Required. Tailscale’s magic depends on a coordination server that handles device registration, key exchange, and network topology, even though it never touches your actual traffic, which …

I canceled these 5 monthly subscriptions by self-hosting on hardware I already owned

I canceled these 5 monthly subscriptions by self-hosting on hardware I already owned

Published by skeptic

I’m not a fan of having dozens of software subscriptions leeching my bank account every month, and I’m sure you’re not either. Open-source software might not always be the better option, but when it comes to ridding yourself of subscriptions while also protecting your privacy, it can be hard to beat. Especially considering you don’t need exotic hardware to self-host a lot of tools. If you’ve got an old Raspberry Pi, mini PC, laptop, or even phone lying around, you already own hardware that can self-host a tool you’re probably paying for. I self-host several programs for both personal and professional use, and that’s led to a ton of canceled subscriptions. Related 4 Microsoft subscriptions you can easily replace with free open-source apps Ditch paid Microsoft apps — better free alternatives exist. Home Assistant Supercharge your smart home without ecosystem locks When I first started assembling my smart home, it lived inside the Google Nest ecosystem, and I quickly realized how limiting that can be. A $50 Raspberry Pi can replace your entire smart home …

The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on

The world’s largest privately owned laser just turned on

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Fusion startup Xcimer Energy on Wednesday flipped the switch on its Phoenix laser system, which the company says is the largest privately owned example in the world. Xcimer’s approach to fusion power is modeled after the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which proved in December 2022 that a controlled fusion reaction could release more power than required to ignite it. The NIF trained 192 laser beams on a fuel target smaller than a pencil eraser. The energy from the lasers hit the gold target. As the lasers obliterate the gold target, their energy is converted into X-rays, which are focused on the fuel pellet inside, compressing it until atoms in the fuel fuse and release energy. The company is betting that more powerful, less complex lasers will help turn NIF’s concept for fusion power into something more profitable. Xcimer’s plans for a fusion power plant call for two lasers capable of firing in microsecond-long pulses. Light from those pulses will be fed through a compression system, of sorts, which will delivers the lasers’ energy to the …

Katie Price reveals Lee Andrews owned three phones before he went ‘missing’

Katie Price reveals Lee Andrews owned three phones before he went ‘missing’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Katie Price has shared more insight into Lee Andrews’ final contact with her as she continues searching for her missing husband. Price, who wed Andrews in January after just days of meeting him, told fans last weekend that she hadn’t heard from her husband since Wednesday 13 May and later revealed that during her last call with him, the Dubai-based businessman was tied up in a van. Sharing more details in a vlog posted to her YouTube channel on Saturday (23 May), Price revealed that Andrews had three phones on his person when he was allegedly detained. Katie Price shared a new vlog (Katie Price) Speaking on the phone to an unknown person the morning after Andrews disappeared, Price said: “Last night, [he] said, ‘They’ve taken two of my phones. They don’t know I’m on this phone. And so he said, …

Taylor Frankie Paul’s lawyer says she ‘is not perfect and owned her faults’ in court hearing

Taylor Frankie Paul’s lawyer says she ‘is not perfect and owned her faults’ in court hearing

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul and her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, have been granted mutual three-year protective orders against one another. At a court hearing in Utah on Thursday, Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas did not decide the custody of their son, Ever. He said parenting time will remain the same, but he will make a recommendation on any changes on or before May 11 and schedule a review for June. The protective orders mean they must not contact each other, and must remain at least 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other. Both parties had alleged incidents of domestic violence. In a statement to The Independent, Paul’s attorney Eric M. Swinyard said: “Today’s hearing was a significant step forward as the Court entered protective orders requiring that Taylor’s ex-partner stays far away from …