When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry, a sea we must wade. We’ve braved the belly of the beast. We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace, and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice. And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. Somehow we do it. Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken,
Japan’s outstanding full-back Ayumu Goromaru; Argentina’s colourful fans; Canadian schemer Jamie Cudmore; and wise-cracking referee Nigel Owens. Photograph: Reuters; Getty; JMP/Rex Shutterstock; AFP/Getty Japan’s outstanding full-back Ayumu Goromaru; Argentina’s colourful fans; Canadian schemer Jamie Cudmore; and wise-cracking referee Nigel Owens. Photograph: Reuters; Getty; JMP/Rex Shutterstock;
Japan’s coach, Eddie Jones, is lifted by Hendrik Tui after the 34-32 win against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup match at Brighton Community Stadium. Tom Jenkins for the Observer Japan’s coach, Eddie Jones, is lifted by Hendrik Tui after the 34-32 win against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup match at Brighton Community Stadium. Tom Jenkins for the Observer
Out of a clear blue English sky came a thunderbolt to eclipse anything the Rugby World Cup has ever seen. This was the biggest shock in rugby history, bar none, the kind of result that creates ripples beyond mere sport. If there is a contest even half as extraordinary between now and the end of October, this tournament will have been truly blessed. The Brave Blossoms were more than gallant; from s
Sprinkling a sugary coating of teen-idol pop on to the remorseless clamour of death metal sounds like a musical fusion best confined to the imagination of a record industry executive. But Babymetal, a trio of Japanese teenage girls, have paired rah-rah skirts and hair ribbons with infernal metallic riffs to produce what could be the most unlikely music phenomenon of the year. The band's eponymous
Few aid workers could have imagined the scenes that awaited them as they set out for north-east Japan in the immediate aftermath of the tsunami in March. For days after the waves destroyed vast stretches of the Tohoku region's coast, patients filled the corridors of hospitals deprived of heat and water, and doctors examined thousands of patients, knowing essential drugs had been swept away by the
To a world that doesn't know him, Shingo Kanno is one of the "nuclear samurai" – a selfless hero trying to save his country from a holocaust; to his family, Kanno is a new father whose life is in peril just because he wanted to earn some money on the side doing menial labour at the Fukushima nuclear plant. A tobacco farmer, Kanno had no business being anywhere near a nuclear reactor – let alone in
Yamaguchi, who died of stomach cancer last year aged 93, was on business in the city when the bomb dropped, killing 80,000 people instantly and another 60,000 in the months that followed. After spending a night in Hiroshima, a badly burned Yamaguchi took a train back to his hometown, Nagasaki. That city was bombed on 9 August, killing an estimated 70,000 people. Fry thought it "bizarre" that Yamag
Even its author admits that a 20-page strategy paper for government departments on how to use Twitter might be regarded as "a bit of over the top" for a microblogging tool with a limit of 140 characters a message. Indeed, the 5,382-word official "template",which translates into 36,215 characters and spaces, would need roughly 259 separate tweets to put the word around Whitehall using Twitter. But
The small Texan city of San Angelo has been turned upside down by one of the most unusual sex scandals ever to make an impact on American political life. Joseph Lown, the popular mayor, suddenly resigned last week after revealing he had fallen madly in love with an illegal immigrant. That was the first revelation; the second was that his new partner was another man. Not surprisingly the news has b
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hour
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