Australia news This article is more than 10 years oldNurses' killer the leader of 'a putrid pool of miscreants'This article is more than 10 years oldLocal police failed to properly investigate women's deaths, despite gang's history of violence towards women, coroner findsThe ringleader of a gang who murdered two young nurses almost 40 years ago was part of a "putrid pool of miscreants", but will never face trial after dying in a car accident. Read More...
A great little place I knowAmsterdam holidaysIt doesn’t appear on many bucketlists, but Sloterpark, in the west of Amsterdam, hits the right notes with its pools, zoo, frisbee golf and numerous festivals
My favourite place in Amsterdam has to be the Sloterpark, one of the largest in Amsterdam, at around 90 hectares. I love riding round it on my bike but you can easily see it all on foot. There are lots of fun things to do there, too – like the disc golf course, which is laid out a little like a normal golf course, but you play with frisbees. Read More...
The ObserverShort storiesReviewFofana’s bravura debut collection of short stories brings the lives of marginalised city folk to life
The apartment building provides an arresting riposte to the perception that urban living grows ever more atomised, not least in New York City. It also makes an irresistible backdrop for fiction writers and Sidik Fofana’s bravura debut, Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, shows just why that might be.
Comprising eight interconnected tales, it’s set in Banneker Terrace, a low-income, high-rise in Harlem. Read More...