All posts tagged: Quiet

From An Education to Beef: How Carey Mulligan became the quiet force of British acting

From An Education to Beef: How Carey Mulligan became the quiet force of British acting

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 Wait a minute – is that… Carey Mulligan? This great Bafta-winning British actress is the queen of containment. Think of her quietly heartbroken Kathy H in Never Let Me Go (2010), cloned and reared to donate her organs and die young like all of her friends, in the adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel. Or her slow, sinister rendition of “New York, New York” in Steve McQueen’s Shame (2011) – unbearable. For two decades, Mulligan has concentrated not on the grand gesture but on what is withheld. But in season two of Netflix’s darkly comic Beef, the dam finally breaks. In one scene, her character, pushed to the brink, defends her dachshund from a snarling coyote, body-slamming it to its death in a paroxysm of white-hot fury. It feels like we’ve been building towards this – all those years of simmering emotion, …

Chaos erupts on quiet street as families brawl with weapons

Chaos erupts on quiet street as families brawl with weapons

Published by Sam Flores

This is the shocking moment members of a family turned vigilantes and sought revenge for an attack on their home. Armed with weapons including a plank of wood studded with nails, the Jenkins clan started brawling in the street with two brothers who earlier that day had smashed up their house with golf clubs. Sending five people to prison for their parts in the incident, a judge at Swansea Crown Court said while the disorder had been sparked by the golf club-wielding siblings, the Jenkins’ had armed themselves with weapons and engaged in an act of “vigilantism” without a care for its impact on the wider community or the fear they would cause residents. The court heard the background to the violence was a belief on the part of brothers Adam Miller and Kristian Thomas that Corey Jenkins was involved in drug dealing the Ravenhill area of Swansea. On June 6 the pair acted on that belief by taking up golf clubs and going to Jenkins’ family home on Rhodfa’r Brain where they proceeded to …

Prince Edward becomes first Royal to visit Andrew in exile to have ‘quiet word’ about brother moving into permanent home

Prince Edward becomes first Royal to visit Andrew in exile to have ‘quiet word’ about brother moving into permanent home

Published by Sam Flores

Prince Edward is the first member of the royal family to visit his disgraced brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at his temporary home on the Sandringham estate. The Duke of Edinburgh, 62, is said to have had a “quiet word” with his brother about finally moving to the five-bedroom Marsh Farm house on the royal estate in Norfolk. The former prince is said to be “dragging his heels” about moving into the property, which required weeks of renovations following his sudden move in January. Instead, Andrew, 66, is currently holed up in the nearby Wood Farm, where Edward typically stays during the Easter celebrations. Edward is currently being accommodated in the main house at Sandringham while waiting for his brother to leave with a deadline set for this weekend, The Sun reports. A source told the newspaper: “Prince Edward was the first and only member of the Royal Family to visit. Andrew has been ignored by everyone since he left Royal Lodge, including his daughters and ex-wife who have stayed away. “Edward has already publicly made his …

Introverts may be quiet – but they aren’t actually better listeners

Introverts may be quiet – but they aren’t actually better listeners

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Introverts may be quiet with a group of friends – but that doesn’t actually mean they’re listening to you. In fact, their extrovert friends might have a slight advantage as listeners, University of Minnesota researchers said Tuesday. People with more social-oriented personalities are better listeners, a new review of interactions between hundreds of people revealed. While the review did not determine why, researchers suggested the reason could be because listening requires the ability to engage with others while managing self-focused attention, ensuring listeners stay present with whomever is speaking. That’s a behavior extroverts excel at. “It is easy to assume that someone who is quiet is also a better listener, but listening is more nuanced than that,” Dr. Beth Campbell, an associate professor in the Department of Work and Organizations, said in a release. It’s long been said that introverts, who …

Passover’s matzah isn’t just simple food. It’s a quiet act of rebellion.

Passover’s matzah isn’t just simple food. It’s a quiet act of rebellion.

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Last week, at Shabbat dinner, someone at the table asked me, “Would you like some farro?” Without missing a beat, I replied: “Didn’t you hear? We don’t serve Pharaoh anymore.” A groaner? Perhaps. A classic rabbinic pun? Definitely. But like many Jewish jokes, it turns out there was more truth in it than I realized. Farro is not just a trendy grain that shows up in upscale salads and artisanal soups. It is a category of ancient wheats that people have cultivated for over 10,000 years. It is hardy, resilient and able to grow in poor soil and harsh climates. It is rich in fiber and nutrients. It was perfectly suited for early civilizations. Including ancient Egypt. Farro grew along the Nile. It sustained the population. It fed workers, including our ancestors. The Egyptians used farro to make bread, porridge and even beer. Archaeologists have found grains of it in tombs — because, apparently, you needed your carbs in the afterlife, too. And yes — farro acquired a nickname, “Pharaoh’s grain.” Which brings …

The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood

The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood

Published by Jenni Sidey

To Mallerie Shirley and Christopher Pleasants, nothing felt “revolutionary” about the way they were raising their two kids. Then a stranger called child protective services. It started last November in Atlanta. With school closed on Election Day, the couple’s 6-year-old son, Jake (not his real name), wanted to ride his scooter by himself to a nearby playground while Mallerie and Christopher worked their tech jobs from home. They had recently begun allowing Jake to play outside alone, and other kids and a group of parents working a charity drive would be waiting for him at the park.  Permission granted. Jake strapped on his helmet, got on his scooter, and rode one-third of a mile on a paved recreational path to the playground. On his way back, a woman stopped him. She asked for his name, age, and where he lived. “He felt like the woman was just demanding answers,” Mallerie says. “And then when she started following him, it scared him.” Two days later, a caseworker from Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) …

The House | “Every Movement Was Controlled”: The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders

The House | “Every Movement Was Controlled”: The Quiet Rise In Children Under Deprivation Of Liberty Orders

Published by Sam Flores

Illustration by Tracy Worrall 10 min read31 min There has been a 13-fold increase in the use of court orders that deny children freedom to move and associate in the last seven years. Justine Smith explores the reasons behind this huge increase in what are supposed to be emergency orders Hundreds of children with the very highest level of need are being locked away from society, often in illegal, unregistered homes with a rolling rota of untrained staff, because of shortages in therapeutic care. These children can be controlled through frequent physical restraint and denied basic rights such as contact with family and friends or an education, the ultimate victims of a care system in crisis. They are held under Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) orders, which were designed to give special legal powers to local authorities to restrict the freedom and rights of children and teenagers considered to be an extreme risk to themselves or others. The orders are handed down through the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, not criminal courts, but …

Dealing with silent robocalls? This is why scam callers keep quiet

Dealing with silent robocalls? This is why scam callers keep quiet

Published by skeptic

Here’s what to do when you receive a “silent” scam call.  Yori Meirizan/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways There’s a reason scam callers don’t respond when you answer. The goal is simply to confirm that your number is active and spammable. To deal with a call, hang up and use spam filtering to block them. Have you ever picked up your phone to answer a call from an unknown number, only for no one to reply? That “hello?” you’re shouting into the silent void could be feeding a machine. When you pick up a mystery call and hear nothing but dead air for three seconds, you aren’t waiting for a confused human. You’re actually waiting for automated dialer to hand you off to a live predator. Also: This new phone scam has ‘carriers’ calling to exchange your device – don’t fall for it Yes, there is a method behind the madness. Just knowing that someone answered the call is validation that the phone is owned by …

Bible Society retracts false Quiet Revival claims – Humanists UK

Bible Society retracts false Quiet Revival claims – Humanists UK

Published by Sam Flores

There has been no ‘quiet revival’ of Christianity in Britain. Today, the Bible Society has retracted its claims that there is a quiet revival of Christianity in Britain based on a faulty and unreliable YouGov survey.  For nearly a year, Humanists UK has called on them to do so and provided factual evidence that shows the decline of Christianity in the UK amongst all age groups. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK said: ‘This is both validation and vindication. We need to be absolutely clear: there is no revival of Christianity in Britain. For almost a year, Humanists UK has taken a rational, evidence-based approach, repeatedly and rigorously explaining why the Bible Society’s claims do not stand up. They chose not to engage with that evidence. ‘Much of the damage has already been done. Global media reports have too often and wrongly jumped on the bandwagon of a supposed Christian revival in the UK. That must stop. At a time when truth in these social questions has never been more politically important, everyone has …