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‘I slept on the floor in a flat near Harrods’: stories of modern slavery

When Elvira arrived at Heathrow in 2014, she thought she had escaped the abuse she’d faced as a domestic worker in Qatar. Yet the exploitation the Filipino woman was about to suffer would surpass anything she experienced in the Middle East. The 50-year-old was

Jason Isbell on Modern Country: ‘Most of That Stuff Is Real Bad Music’

A few years ago, Jason Isbell was an ex-member of Drive-By Truckers, playing clubs and drinking way too much whiskey. Now, the Alabama native is headlining venues like Baltimore’s 19,000-seat Merriweather Post Pavilion while turning out sharp country-rock story-songs. (John Mayer has called him

Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered COUNTDOWN – Xbox One release date, time for TODAY

UPDATE ONE: Call of Duty Modern Warfare Remastered has gone LIVE now as a standalone product in the Xbox Games Store today. It costs £34.99 and the Variety Map Pack is also available for £11.59. If you’re an Xbox Live Gold subscriber, you can get

Modern Family: Young cast of popular sitcom gets salary hike and renewal of contract

gets salary hike and renewal of contract Los Angeles: Modern Family young stars Sarah Hyland, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez have been locked in for two more seasons with new contracts that include salary increase. Cast of Modern Family. Image via Facebook The original

Alarm as ‘modern life’ sees average sperm count halve since the 1970s

Men’s sperm counts have fallen by almost 60 per cent since the 1970s, according to major research which warns that modern life may be fuelling a male fertility crisis. Experts said the “shocking” decline should be treated as an “urgent wake up call,” with

Alarm as ‘modern life’ sees average sperm count halve since the 1970s

How to boost your sperm count   Men’s sperm counts have fallen by almost 60 per cent since the 1970s, according to major research which warns that modern life may be fuelling a male fertility crisis. Experts said the “shocking” decline should be treated

300 million-year-old ‘modern’ beetle from Australia reconstructed

He’s Australian, around half a centimetre long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years old – and he’s currently causing astonishment among both entomologists and palaeontologists. The discovery of a beetle from the late Permian period, when even the dinosaurs had not yet appeared on the

How the Modern World Made Cowards of Us All

BACK in the late 1980s, Dana Carvey of “Saturday Night Live” used to do a funny impression of President George H. W. Bush, in which the character would justify his own supposed timidity by muttering “wouldn’t be prudent” to himself about every small risk.

How the Modern World Made Cowards of Us All

BACK in the late 1980s, Dana Carvey of “Saturday Night Live” used to do a funny impression of President George H. W. Bush, in which the character would justify his own supposed timidity by muttering “wouldn’t be prudent” to himself about every small risk.

‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ Revival First Teaser Unveiled by Nickelodeon

JULY 20, 2017 | 04:43PM PT Rocko, I have a feeling we’re not in the ’90s anymore. Nickelodeon released a first look at the reboot of its beloved cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life” at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday afternoon during the show’s panel. The clip features voice