#the british press photographer's association

[eddieredmayneargentinablog]

"The best of British press photography – in pictures"

📸 "Eddie Redmayne is dressed and made up as a clown in preparation for one his appearances as EmCee in Cabaret, during a matinee performance. "I tend to be more relaxed on a matinee. Because you’re coming straight from the night before, you’re sort of warmed-up already. To play this character you have to be at your most confident. Sometimes nerves can be helpful but here they couldn’t be less helpful. So I never find out who’s coming to see the show!" London. 23/2/22. Photo by David Levene/Source: The Guardian.

*The British Press Photographers’ Association’s annual Assignments exhibition celebrated the best of press photography from its members, from 19-28 May 2023, at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, London. This year’s exhibition covered stories from July 2021 to spring 2023 as seen through the eyes of the association’s photographers.

Source: thebppa.com

#eddie redmayne #eddieredmayne #redmayne #cabaret 2021 #the emcee #backstage #the british press photographer's association #may 2023

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Best of British press photography

BBC, 22 May 2023

Members of the British Press Photographers' Association are showing off their best work in an exhibition that celebrates press photography.

Curated by five leading industry figures, this year's exhibition covers stories from July 2021 through to the spring of 2023, as seen through the eyes of the association's photographers.

The exhibition can be seen until May 28 at Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London.

Here is a selection of the pictures on show:

#British Press Photographers' Association #press photography #photographers #Queen Elizabeth II #Prince William #Prince of Wales #Princess of Wales #Catherine Princess of Wales #Westminster Abbey #Liz Truss #Hugh O'Leary #Essex #South Wales #Storm Eunice #Ukraine

[jedwardsphoto]

Assignments heads to Wales for the first time..

Assignments 2023 opens in Cardiff this Thursday. Opening night event and talk by Joann Randles 6-9pm at Ffotogallery. Well worth a look if you are in the area….. Everyone is welcome.

View On WordPress

#Assignments #assignments 2023 #exhibition #photography #press Photography #the bppa #the British press photographers association

[houseofbrat]

The British Press Photographers’ Association applauds the actions of the major agencies who have had the courage to withdraw the recently distributed image showing Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales and her children by issuing a ‘kill notice’. Their suspicions that the photograph had been digitally manipulated are well-founded and it is important for the reputation of press photography that they have acted as swiftly and decisively as they have. We are lead to believe that HRH The Princess of Wales has said that she edited the image and has apologised. That should not be an end to the matter however. Whether the picture was manipulated to ‘look nice’ by someone who didn’t understand the importance of truth in images or whether there is something else behind their actions is not as important as getting the message out there that it is wrong. The BPPA has always spoken up in favour of making sure that the public has trust in the photographs produced by our members as well as those who supply images to the news media. This has become more of an issue since pictures supplied by such a variety of sources have become more common and we would urge all of those sources to have a look at item 1, clause i) of the Editors’ Code of Practice which says: The press must take care not to publish inaccurate or misleading or distorted information or images, including headlines not supported by the text. We would urge everyone involved to make the original images available for inspection so that we can assess what has been done, make sure that it doesn’t happen again and allow this story to be the last time that manipulated images are distributed to the media.

#uk #media #fleet street #kensington palace #PR fail #fail! #scandal! #ESCANDALO!!! #british royal family #kate middleton #Catherine The Princess of Wales #my gif

[usafphantom2]

Russia threatened to shoot down French AWACS over the Black Sea

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 02/23/2024 - 00:08in Military, War Zones

Russian forces threatened to shoot down a French surveillance plane that patrolled international airspace over the Black Sea, a sign of Moscow's increasingly aggressive behavior as the invasion of Ukraine struggles to move forward, French defense officials said on Thursday.

“A Russian air traffic control system threatened to shoot down French aircraft in the Black Sea when we were in a free international zone where we patrolled,” French Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu told RTL radio.

A French military spokesman, Colonel Pierre Gaudillière, said Lecornu was referring to an incident in mid-November that involved one of the four gigantic E-3F of France's Airborne Alert and Control Systems, or AWACS, surveillance aircraft flying over international waters in the Black Sea. Gaudillière described the incident as unprecedented for the French pilots in that region.

“Through a radio exchange, the pilots were threatened by the Russians,” Gaudillière said.

“It was a particularly aggressive radio exchange,” he added. "It's the first time."

Two other authorities said that the conversation was in English and that Russian air traffic control said that their forces would "destroy" the French aircraft. The authorities spoke on condition of anonymity for discussing the confidential details.

In his radio interview, Lecornu said that Russia is returning to a "particularly aggressive" posture that recalls the behavior of the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

“Russia's behavior in 2024 is not related to what we saw in 2022 and, obviously, before the aggression in Ukraine,” the minister said. "This is explained by the fact that Russia is in difficulty on the battlefield in Ukraine."

French air force pilots regularly patrol NATO's eastern flank, part of the efforts of the military alliance of 31 nations to strengthen their defenses since Russia launched the large-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago on Saturday.

On board a French air force AWACS flight to the Black Sea coast in January, one of the pilots told the Associated Press that they seek to calm any tensions if they are intercepted by Russian planes, which he said was rare.

“Our orders must be, say, passive,” said the pilot, Major Romain. "For a civilian, let's say 'educated'".

Flying well above the Black Sea coast, the French AWACS use their powerful radar and other surveillance equipment to spy on the Crimean Peninsula, which was taken from Ukraine by Russia and annexed in 2014. Flights can detect missile launches, aerial bombardments and other military activity in the Ukraine war.

Russian pilots have sometimes made it clear that they do not like to be observed.

In 2022, a Russian fighter launched a missile near a British Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft that was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea, the British government said. The United States government released a video in March 2023 of a Russian jet fighter dumping fuel into a U.S. Air Force surveillance drone. The drone crashed into the Black Sea.

Source: AP

Tags: Armée de l'air - French Air Force/French Air ForceMilitary AviationE-3 SentryWar Zones - Russia/Ukraine

Sharing

tweet

Fernando Valduga

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

Related news

President of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, knows the Super Tucano aircraft up close.

MILITARY

Brazil negotiates sale of six Super Tucans to the Paraguayan Air Force

22/02/2024 - 18:15

MILITARY

OCCAR: Last Airbus A400M transport aircraft delivered to Belgium

22/02/2024 - 16:00

INTERCEPTIONS

IMAGES: French fighters intercept Russian aircraft off the coast of Estonia

22/02/2024 - 15:00

MILITARY

QinetiQ GmbH delivers new air combat training module to Slovenia

22/02/2024 - 14:00

ARMAMENTS

KAI and Diehl expand integration of IRIS-T missiles on FA-50 and KF-21 aircraft

22/02/2024 - 13:00

MILITARY

Thai Air Force decides between the F-16 and the Gripen to replace the old fleet

22/02/2024 - 09:15

[ingek73]

The Observer view on Prince Harry’s court victory over Mirror Group Newspapers

Observer editorial

In his continuing campaign to bring the press to account for phone hacking, the Duke of Sussex may succeed where Leveson’s inquiry failed

Sun 17 Dec 2023 06.30 GMT

A smiling Prince Harry outside the Royal Courts of Justice, with photographers in the background.

In its defence of the civil court action brought by Prince Harry, Mirror Group Newspapers argued to the death that there was not a shred of evidence to support the Duke of Sussex’s claims of a lifetime of illegal information gathering and phone hacking. “Zilch, zero, nil, de nada, niente, nothing,” Andrew Green KC, the newspapers’ barrister, insisted in summing up. Piers Morgan, Mirror editor for much of the period in question, reiterated that denial – and took the opportunity to double down on his vindictive and blatantly self-serving assault on Harry’s reputation – in a prepared statement for the press on his doorstep on Friday. The damning 386-page judgment of Mr Justice Fancourt, published earlier that morning, tells a very different story, however.

In supporting Harry’s claims, and awarding him £140,600 in damages, it provides an exhaustive catalogue of evidence that “extensive and habitual” unlawful practices went on over a longer period at the Mirror than previously established; that the use of off-the-books private investigators and blaggers and hackers to capture personal details of Harry and his circle – and scores of other high-profile targets – was endemic at the Mirror’s three national titles from 1998 to 2011.

One dangerous consequence of these latest revelations has been renewed calls for legislative oversight of press freedom

The judgment also makes plain that the Mirror Group’s deletion of phone records and email evidence from the period, and the decision not to call senior editorial staff, including Morgan, to give evidence, must be understood as part of an ongoing culture of cover-up. What went on, the judge told the court, “was concealed from the board, from parliament in 2007 and 2011, from the Leveson inquiry, from shareholders and from the public for years”. Public trust in news, already serially undermined by political and commercial attacks, is again the victim of that denialism. One dangerous consequence of these latest revelations has been renewed calls for legislative oversight of press freedom, which a democracy must always resist.

Despite its denials, Mirror Group has paid out £100m to other litigants in out-of-court settlements. A further raft of cases will now no doubt follow. A previous test case brought by the Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati established that, even in the absence of a full paper trail, it was clear the illegal practices were “generic” in the papers’ newsrooms from 2001 to 2006. In Mr Justice Fancourt’s assessment, the “generic” period could now extend between 1998 and 2011 – beyond both the arrest and conviction of the News of the World journalist Clive Goodman for similar practices in 2006, and – shockingly – Lord Leveson’s subsequent inquiry into the press.

When Harry first announced, five years ago, that he would make it his “life’s work” to seek justice for his family’s treatment by the tabloids, it was characterised – invariably in those same papers – as a fool’s errand. What his mission might now prove to be, however, is a half-workable replacement for the planned second phase of the Leveson inquiry, which was shamefully abandoned by Matt Hancock as culture secretary in 2018. That phase was due to examine the full extent of unlawful practice across the British press, the ways in which journalistic privileges designed, in all our interests, to hold the powerful and criminal to account in extremis, had been cynically “hijacked” to trade, at an industrial scale, in royal gossip and celebrity private lives.

Harry and others will bring further cases against Associated Newspapers’ Daily Mail and Rupert Murdoch’s Sun. It is to be hoped that the disclosure and defence of those actions may serve finally to establish the exact extent and limits of a culture that has been profoundly damaging to journalistic integrity and to British public life. In their notably scant reports of the judgment – a rare royal story in which they apparently have very little curiosity – neither paper referenced those forthcoming actions. No doubt, however, until the full truth is told, lawyers for both groups will continue to be exercised by little else.

#prince harry #the guardian

[claireofluxembourg]

The British Press Photographer's Association issued a statement and it's... it's bad. I don't believe for a second any conspiracy theory but it's idiotic to think this is something the BRF can "never complain, never explain".

To put it simply, they fucked up. And they need to fix it now.

[uwmspeccoll]

An Egyptian Mathematics Science Saturday

While Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BCE) is often considered the first to calculate the value of Pi (π), the Egyptians got pretty darn close a millennium and a half or so earlier, as evidenced by the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. Copied by the scribe Ahmes sometime around 1650 BCE from an earlier text, the papyrus gives us a remarkable insight not only into Egyptian mathematics but also customs and culture, from taxation and farming practices to the exchange rate between beer and bread. It is named after Scottish antiquarian Alexander Henry Rhind, who acquired the papyrus sometime around 1858. Held by the British Museum since 1865, it is now suspected that the papyrus entered the antiquities market as a result of illegal excavations. 

Our facsimile of the papyrus was the result of fifteen years of scholarship by mathematician Arnold Buffum Chace. The first volume was published in Oberlin, Ohio by the Mathematical Association of America in 1927, with the second volume following in 1929. All of the above images are from the second volume, which contains photographs of the papyrus, as well as transcription transliterations and literal translations by Chace. Chace was assisted in his work by mathematician Henry Parker Manning and Egyptologist Ludlow Seguine Bull. Also included in the second volume is a supplement to the “Bibliography of Egyptian Mathematics” from the first volume, both of which were prepared by Raymond Clare Archibald. 

The first publication of the Rhind Papyrus was a translation into German in 1877 by August Eisenlohr. The Mathematical Association of America publication was part if a flurry of new scholarship surrounding the papyrus following advancements in scholarly understanding of Egyptian writing. In the preface to our edition, Chace notes the important 1923 translation by Eric Peet published by Liverpool University Press. Chace remarks that “Egyptologists ... will find philological matters fully discussed by Professor Peet,” while he intended for his work to be geared towards both mathematicians and the general public.

Both volumes were originally donated to the Library of the State Teachers College Milwaukee by the Carnegie Corporation of New York with their bookplate. 

Check out more Science Saturday posts here. 

-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

#Science Saturday #Rhind Papyrus #Rhind Mathematical Papyrus #Ahmes #Ahmose #Alexander Henry Rhind #Arnold Buffum Chace #Arnold Chace #Mathematical Association of America #Henry Parker Manning #Ludlow Seguine Bull #Raymond Archibald #August Eisenlohr #Eric Peet #Mathematics #Mathematics in Antiquity #Antiquities #Papyrus #olivia

[aroundtheworldiej]

The tabloids : a press so British !

By Mathis Alloul

The tabloids are probably the most talked-about press on a daily basis. Always looking for clout, these media are doing everything to get scoops. Let's take a look at the history and current trends of this type of media.

Source : Ownwork

Tabloid journalism is one popular style of largely sensationalist journalism (usually drama, sometimes unverifiable or even blatantly false). Which took it's name from the tabloid newspaper format: a small-sized newspaper. The size became associated with sensationalism. The front page of a tabloid always has big photographs and headlines, it is even called superficial journalism. The oldest British tabloid is The People, founded in 1881 and still one of the most popular today.

As in the United States, some weekly magazines have become increasingly popular since the 2000s. However, their sales began to decline in the late 2000s, partly because of the emergence of the digital press, but mostly because of the scandal involving Nouveau du Monde.

Create and share scandals.

Harry and Megan : the famous couple. The tabloids have clearly decided to take Meghan and Harry as their target. Since their royal wedding in May 2018, the front pages have been following one another. Meghan Markle has always been in their shot, her friends (abandoned), her loves (past), her troubles (family) as been used against her. Why so much hate? Being American is the source of all the issues the tabloids have said. Because she wasn't necessarily cooperative during her pregnancy, the media grumbled. Because Meghan-bashing sells a lot, quite simply.

Princess Diana famously made a lot of headlines in the national tabloids. "If we didn't have anything to sell, all we had to do was take a picture of Diana, enlarge it as much as possible and put it on the front page," confirms former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie, considered "the genius of the tabloids”. Some loose headlines: "My life is torture", "I had an affair with Hewitt", "I never liked Dodi", all without any real quote from the main character. The princess was always followed by paparazzi wherever she went. The paparazzi have been widely blamed for the accident that led to Diana's death in 1997 in Paris.

Source : Flickr

The most widely read and purchased British tabloids are : Metro, The Guardian, The Times, The Mail on Sunday and The Daily Mail (in order).

[allthebrazilianpolitics]

Missing British journalist’s wife pleads with Brazil to find ‘love of my life’

Alessandra Sampaio, whose husband Dom Phillips was last seen in the Amazon on Sunday, makes appeal in tearful video message

The wife of the British journalist who has vanished in a remote corner of the Amazon with a celebrated Indigenous expert has issued an emotional plea for Brazilian authorities to work harder to find “the love of my life”.

“I want to make an appeal to the federal government and the relevant organs to intensify their search efforts, because we still have some hope of finding them,” Alessandra Sampaio, the wife of longtime Guardian contributor Dom Phillips, said in a tearful video message.

“Even if I don’t find the love of my life alive, they must be found, please – intensify the search,” Sampaio implored, breaking down as she spoke.

Phillips, 57, was last seen on Sunday morning travelling by boat through the remote Javari region with an Indigenous advocate, Bruno Araújo Pereira.

Days earlier, Pereira, who has spent years defending the region’s isolated tribes for Brazil’s Indigenous protection agency, reportedly received a written threat stemming from his opposition to illegal fishing gangs plundering the Javari’s rivers. “We know who you are, and we’ll find you to settle the score,” it warned, according to the newspaper O Globo.

The pair were also threatened on Saturday, when a group of armed men brandished firearms at a patrol by members of the Univaja Indigenous association, according to the association’s president Paulo Marubo. Phillips photographed the men at the time, Marubo told the Associated Press.

Continue reading.

#brazil #brazilian politics #politics #environmental justice #journalism #dom phillips #bruno araujo pereira #indigenous rights #mod nise da silveira #image description in alt

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood DBE RDI British Fashion designer and climate change activist, who defined the look of punk, used rock iconography, royalty, art and religion as recurring motifs in collections that brought a rebellious edge to British style, and later she went on to a long career in high fashion, died Thursday in Clapham, South London, at age 81 💔

Largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new-wave fashions into the mainstream. Westwood’s fashion career got underway in earnest on the punk scene in 1970s London, and her collections influenced bands like the Sex Pistols and Siouxie and the Banshees.

Her provocative creations appeared on supermodels and celebrities and influenced mainstream fashion. The corsets, platform shoes and mini-crinis (a combination of Victorian crinoline and miniskirt) became her hallmarks.

She married Andreas Kronthaler, a former student of hers and 25 years her junior, in 1992. He became the creative director of her company and increasingly was responsible for design work in later years.

She was granted an Order of the British Empire medal in 1992, the designer accepted the honour from Queen Elizabeth II while wearing a sober grey skirt suit.

Vivienne Westwood, after receiving her OBE in 1992. Photograph: Martin Keene/PA Archive/Press Association Images

The designer was made a Dame for services to fashion in 2006

Westwood lobbied the British government to ban the retail sale of fur alongside other top designers including Stella McCartney.

Vivienne Westwood was the designer behind the iconic Carrie Bradshaw's Sex and the City Wedding Gown, a film which was released in 2008.

Per Vogue: The Cloud dress was first seen in the brand’s Gold Label 2007-08 collection and was re-designed by the designer specifically for the character.

The corset top was created in gold-backed ivory silk-satin duchess and the skirt from meters of ivory silk Radzimir taffeta, creating an exaggerated silhouette, nipped-in waist and a pointed sculptural bust.

By the 2000s, Westwood was designing wedding dresses for the likes of model Dita Von Teese, who dressed in her purple gown to marry singer Marilyn Manson and Princess Eugenie who wore Westwood designs for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine.

In addition, Westwood’s costuming work also included designing Miss Piggy’s wedding gown in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted. The Victoria and Albert Museum, which houses some of her works, described Westwood as a "true revolutionary and rebellious force in fashion".

Westwood wrote regularly on issues of climate and social justice on her website.

#Vivienne Westwood #designer #WeddingGown #SexandtheCity #CarrieBradshaw

#Youtube

[chicago-geniza]

akskdjdhdbdbdbj even in the 30s Stefania makes the comparison between the social function of the Führer as figurehead in Nazi Germany and the posthumous hagiographical cult of Piłsudski (building on the cult of personality when he was alive!) but a guy just RT'd the AP--which was making a very eye-rollingly chauvinistic but playbook-predictable post about Piłsudski as a "revolutionary patriot" etc.--with a picture of Hitler "at his state funeral [sic]", in the style of "this u?", as though to imply Piłsudski was a Nazi. And I'm like okay. If you're going to dunk please do it right. Because Sanacja was authoritarian as hell, Piłsudski was responsible for Bereza, there was briefly a concentration camp during the Polish-Soviet War, prisoners mostly officers who listed their nationality as Jewish, because one general had Judeo-Bolshevism "dual loyalty" brainworms. However:

The photo isn't from Piłsudski's state funeral, Hitler sent Ribbentropp in his place; it's from a private religious (!) ceremony in Berlin with a symbolic coffin, which is even weirder;

1934 (January) saw the negotiation of the Polish-German non-aggression pact, and then, in May (my birthday, actually), renewal of the prior 1932 Polish-Soviet non-aggression pact, keeping Poland nominally neutral on "both sides." Piłsudski dies in 1935. There's a lot of background about France and the Locarno treaties and maritime-colonial stuff that I am too tired to get into. The myth of Piłsudski's Jagiellonian multicultural Poland is of course a myth, but it's also--the foundation myth of empire, yeah? We don't translate "Rzeczpospolita" as Republic when it's the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and "commonwealth" in this latter-day reincarnation takes on its British associations--a maritime-colonial empire, albeit on a more modest scale. Empire informs the weirdness and seeming paradox of Piłsudski's relationship to Hitler too! Despite Nazi policies, read a quote recently about Piłsudski--a Habsburg citizen if ever there was one--preferring Hitler, an Austrian, over possible *Prussian* political opponents. Likewise Hitler calls Piłsudski, an officer of the Austrian army, the only Pole he can deal with. Their common ground--if not, you know, in state policy ~overall or explicit ideology--is in part a product of *common imperial origins*.

Basically--fascinating photograph, cult of Piłsudski and Polish patriotic history are predictable (though disorienting to see in English), but citing the wrong location and the wrong source and using it as a dunk to imply Piłsudski was a Nazi or Basically Also A Fascist forecloses the avenues of inquiry that lead you to all the seemingly contradictory narratives existing in tandem and in tension,

And one of the common threads is the legacy of empire!!! Also makes it really interesting to consider how and why Piłsudski was elevated as Friend of the Jews (TM), how his death was covered in the Polish press but also in German-language press of the former Habsburg territories, in the Third Reich, in Polish and German newspapers abroad, in immigrant communities and political circles.

Thank Gd for the nisht reblgn button bc this is not well thought out at all I'm just taking notes since it was annoying me and I couldn't put my finger on why

Please know I am #1 Piłsudski Hater In The House & you don't need my semeynyi album for the rest lol

Read about the Brest trials and the Bereza camp and like 500 other things if you also want to be a Piłsudski hater

[houseofbrat]

Timeline of events, Part 2

[part 1]

01 MARCH 2024: Prince William ignores a “How’s Catherine?” question from someone at Wrexham during his St. David’s Day visit to Wales.

Thomas Kingston’s death revealed to be “catastrophic head injury” due to gunshot, i.e. suicide.

Victoria Murphy writes in Town & Countryabout the UK’s Editor’s Code of Practice prohibiting writing about the lack of information available to the public regarding The Princess of Wales’s condition.

02 MARCH 2024: Roya Nikkhah reports Queen Camilla’s annual March time-off as a sudden vacation instead of a regularly scheduled annual break she always takes at this time of year.

04 MARCH 2024: TMZ & Backgrid establish proof of life of The Princess of Wales and her mother.

UK media is pressured by Kensington Palace to *NOT* publish the photographs in the UK, even though everyone else in the world can see them online.

05 MARCH 2024: Richard Palmer notes that there is no legal reason why the pictures of Carole and Kate cannot be published due to them being on a public road.

The British Army is forced by Kensington Palace to amend their Trooping the Colour once the UK media started circulating stories about Kate’s appearance in June, which is two months after Easter.

Dominic Ponsford in the (UK) Press Gazette wrote about the media blackout regarding Carole & Kate’s driving pictures.

Kate’s uncle Gary Goldsmith briefly comments on the lack of Kate information on Celebrity Big Brother.

06 MARCH 2024: King Charles has a meeting with the Canadian PM and officially greets two ambassadors.

Kensington Palace “spokesman” to (US) People magazine: “His focus is on his work and not on social media,” a spokesman says.

Normal people on reddit notice this bullshit and comment on it.

Emily Andrews comments on the “invisible contract” between UK media and Kensington Palace, e.g. the "huge pressure" to not publish the photo of Kate & Carole.

London’s Air Ambulance Charity, whose gala benefit William attended on 07 February 2024, announced they did not receive enough government support.

08 MARCH 2024: King Charles photographed in a car on Windsor Castle grounds.

Prince William demonstrates proof of life when he visits The Oval in support of for-profit company, Notpla, and seaweed.

10 MARCH 2024: A Mother's Day photo is published and released to news agencies of Kate with George, Charlotte, and Louis.

Later that day, the Associated Press (AP), Agence-France Presse (AFP), Reuters, and Getty all "killed" the photo due to "manipulation."

11 MARCH 2024: Kate "apologized" for the photo manipulation on Twitter saying: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing. I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day. C"

Kate is photographed next to William in a car leaving Windsor Castle.

Prince William attends The Commonwealth Day service with Queen Camilla and other members of the BRF while King Charles spoke to the service via pre-recorded video message.

International media goes wild with the revelation that Kensington Palace released a photo that was "manipulated" and rejected by major, international news outlets.

12 MARCH 2024: William attends the private funeral service for Thomas Kingston at the Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace.

14 MARCH 2024: William visits WEST Youth Zone in White City, London.

Meghan Markle launches a lifestyle brand, American Orchard Riviera," on Instagram.

AFP Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, states that Kensington Palace is no longer a "trusted" news source.

William attends The Diana Legacy Awards in London in the evening.

Jessica Reed Kraus, aka HouseInHabit, publishes a "source" saying Kate had "surgery on her bowel," yet the "source" did not know that that kind of surgery could be classified as "abdominal."

17 MARCH 2024: Forbes publishes an article with the rumor that the BBC has been told to be on alert for an announcement from the Royal Family regarding Kate's health.

Roya Nikkhah for The Sunday Times published an article whereupon a "royal source" said, "I can see a world in which the princess might discuss her recovery out on engagements. If she was going to do it, that’s how she would do it.”

Matt Wilkinson of The Sun publishes an exclusive that Kate was seen "out and about" in Windsor.

18 MARCH 2024: Video of Will & Kate shopping at the Windsor Farm Shop circulates on TMZ and The Sun. Kensington Palace doesn't complain about it publicly.

Russell Myers of The Mirror publishes an "exclusive" report regarding Kate's "return to public life."

The royal.uk website has some minor changes regarding The Duke of York and The Duke & Duchess of Sussex.

19 MARCH 2024: William visits Sheffield, England, as part of his Homewards program.

Russell Myers of The Mirror publishes an "exclusive" regarding allegations of Kate's medical records being breached at The London Clinic.

Kate Mansey of The Times publishes an article about how William does not collaborate or work with his father.

20 MARCH 2024: The London Clinic responds to the allegations of Kate's medical records being breached after 29 January 2024.

Daily Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle: Kate was unable to attend the Irish Guards' St Patrick's Day parade... But put £2,000 behind the bar for them instead

Daily Mail's Rebecca English's EXCLUSIVE: What William really thinks about the Kate conspiracy theories. And why it's been so heartbreaking for him to see her reputation trashed in the same way as Diana's

Prince William visits the Welsh Guards at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, where the photos were taken by the Ministry of Defence/Welsh Guards.

21 MARCH 2024: Hannah Furness of The Telegraph publishes an article stating: "The Princess of Wales has been working from home on her early years project to improve the lives of babies, as she eases back into normal life after her abdominal surgery. Kensington Palace confirmed that she had been kept up to date with her campaign and the “overwhelmingly positive” results of a study she inspired."

Tatler magazine publishes a cover story on Prince William by Wesley Kerr. "The burden of leadership is falling upon Prince William - but as former BBC Royal Correspondent, Wesley Kerr OBE, explains in Tatler’s May cover story, the future king is taking charge."

Daily Mail: Kate Middleton has been working from home on her early years project considered her 'life's work' as she recovers from abdominal surgery - amid hopes she will return to public life by Easter

People magazine repeats the Kate paid the bar tab story.

Jackie Annett, The Mirror: "Kate Middleton spotted out in Windsor again - this time with George, Charlotte and Louis" “…[Kate] comes here quite a lot, it’s on her doorstep and Adelaide Cottage is a couple of 100 yrds away. They were at the tennis on Sunday-my friend plays there & Kate was watching the children, they’re there all the time”

22 MARCH 2024: Kate announces she is undergoing "preventative chemotherapy" for cancer.

Lambrook's Lent 2024 term ends. School on break until summer term starts on 17 April 2024.

24 MARCH 2024: People magazine: Kate "wrote every word herself,” a palace source confirms to PEOPLE of the Princess of Wales' video speech, which was released on Friday and filmed two days prior in the gardens of Windsor Castle. A family friend adds, “She wrote the words herself, delivered it personally and wanted to decide when the time was right to hit the world with this news.”

28 MARCH 2024: Valentine Low says it's not clear when William pulled out of Constantine's memorial service--some say day of, others say two weeks prior to the service.

31 MARCH 2024: King Charles & Queen Camilla attended the Easter Mattins service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

01 APRIL 2024: Daily Mail: "Princess of Wales was FORCED to reveal her cancer diagnosis after news threatened to leak: Sources reveal Kensington Palace was contacted about Kate's illness and needed to get ahead of the story… so who revealed her secrets?"

02 APRIL 2024: Natasha Anderson & Emily Jane Davies's story about Kate being "FORCED to reveal her cancer diagnosis" is deleted from the Daily Mail website.

#fleet street #media #valentine low #Daily Mail #Ephraim Hardcastle #Russell Myers #Rebecca English #hannah furness #british royal family #King Charles III #queen camilla #kensington palace #palace officials #pr games #strategery #kate middleton #Catherine The Princess of Wales #William The Prince of Wales #prince william #my gif #Roya Nikkhah #Richard Palmer #Hannah Furness #PR fail #MESS! #Kate Mansey

[usafphantom2]

Saudi Defense Minister sees Rafale's demonstration while Riyadh wants 54 aircraft

The kingdom approached Dassault after Germany refused Riyadh's request for Eurofighters.

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/21/2023 - 08:29 in Military

The Saudi Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, today visited the French frigate "Chevalier Paul" in the Mediterranean Sea, in the south of France, where he witnessed an air defense exercise with the participation of a series of Rafale aircraft.

Upon his arrival, His Highness was received by the Minister of the Armed Forces of the French Republic, Sébastien Lecornu, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz received an explanation that included the capabilities of the Rafale jet and the sophisticated and advanced technologies and equipment it contains.

On Wednesday, the Saudi Defense Minister met with French President Emmanuel Macron, where the duo discussed bilateral relations between France and the Saudi Kingdom.

Separately, the CEO of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier, confirmed that Saudi Arabia is negotiating the purchase of 54 Rafale aircraft.

Speaking to the Association of Defense Journalists in Paris on December 14, Eric Trappier said that “although Saudi Arabia has traditionally purchased British aircraft, Saudi Arabia's request for 54 Rafales was “independent of the crisis in the Middle East,” he said, indirectly referring to Germany that blocked Saudi Arabia's request for additional Eurofighters due to the kingdom's intervention in the Yemen civil war.

Tags: Military AviationDassault AviationDassault RafaleRSAF - Royal Saudi Air Force/Royal Saudi Air Force

Sharing

tweet

Fernando Valduga

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, he has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. He uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

Related news

The Icelandic Coast Guard regularly transports scientists to observe the volcanic eruption near Grindavik. (Photo: Landhelgisgaesla Islands)

HELICOPTERS

VIDEO: Icelandic Coast Guard takes scientists in helicopter to evaluate volcanic eruption

20/12/2023 - 21:00

An F-35A Lightning II poachback returned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, on December 18, 2023, without a panel of the aircraft body. (Photo: Satoru Kuba)

INCIDENTS

F-35A fighter loses side panel while flying over Okinawa in Japan

20/12/2023 - 20:26

MILITARY

F-16 fighters will bring better weapons and radar to the Ukrainian Air Force

20/12/2023 - 17:00

HELICOPTERS

Tata Boeing Aerospace has already manufactured 250 AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages

20/12/2023 - 16:00

MILITARY

Canada orders the remotely piloted air system MQ-9B SkyGuardian from GA-ASI

20/12/2023 - 12:00

MILITARY

Philippines closest to acquiring Saab JAS39 Gripen fighters

20/12/2023 - 11:00

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Another weapon in the campaign against the Reds was wartime censorship. In chief censor Ernest J. Chambers, the government found a zealous public servant eager to use his wide powers to ban the publication and distribution of information considered useful to the enemy, critical of the Allied war effort, or discouraging to morale on the homefront.

Chambers was born in England in 1862 and emigrated to Canada with his parents eight years later. His lifelong association with the militia began when, as a boy in Montreal, he joined his school’s cadet rifle corps. Following graduation he went to work at the Montreal Star as a cub reporter. In 1885 he travelled west to cover the North-West Rebellion for the paper. Not content simply to report on the fighting, he volunteered for the Canadian side and saw action in several skirmishes, including the pivotal battle at Batoche. He remained in the West for several years, working as a journalist in Calgary before returning to Montreal and then Ottawa where, in 1904, he became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, the official in charge of protocol at the Senate. At the opening of Parliament it was, and still is, the Usher of the Black Rod who summoned the Commons to the Senate Chamber to hear the Governor General read the Speech from the Throne. (The name derives from the ebony stick that the Usher uses to bang on the door of the House of Commons to gain admission.) Chambers was also editor of the Canadian Parliamentary Guide and a major in the militia, promoted to lieutenant-colonel when the war broke out. In short, Chambers’ background in the military and in journalism seemed to make him the perfect choice when the government established a Chief Press Censor’s office in June 1915.

Chambers attacked his job with relish. He saw it as his contribution to the war effort, working long into the evening every day for no pay whatsoever. (He remained on salary as the Gentleman Usher.) Along with his own stable of editors and translators, he had the power to request telephone operators to listen in on calls, telegraphers to provide copies of all their messages, and postal workers to open all suspicious letters or parcels. The law made it illegal to criticize the war effort in any way, and Chambers was determined to enforce the law. He was especially suspicious of new Canadians and received reports on the contents of publications in thirty-one different languages. He also banned publications from the United States that contained pacifist or anti-British points of view. Most of these were non-mainstream papers and magazines, but in November 1916 he banned fourteen newspapers belonging to the Hearst chain because they were critical of Great Britain.

It was Chambers’ view that Canadians had to be protected not just from antiwar points of view but also any news or images that conveyed the horrors of war at the front. He excluded photographs that gave a realistic sense of the human cost of the war, and he censored movies and news reels for the same reason. On one occasion a film that had been seen widely in Great Britain had to be edited for viewing in Canada because Chambers believed the sight of wounded soldiers would cause women in theatres to become hysterical. On another, he ordered several temperance pamphlets suppressed because he felt they gave the impression that Britons were all drunks. His powers extended to the theatre and even to gramophone records. Chambers basically controlled everything Canadians listened to, saw, read, and talked about, right down to the songs they sang and the pictures they looked at.

When the war ended, the office of the Chief Press Censor remained open and active. Chambers simply shifted his emphasis to the enemy within, the political radicals who replaced the Hun as the direst threat facing the nation. He continued to suppress left-wing publications—253 of them had been banned during the war, mostly foreign-language and left-wing—and to tamper with the mail, using the post office to control the flow of published radical material as well as to intercept correspondence between radical leaders.

“The secret mail censorship is raising hell with us just now,” complained Chris Stephenson, the secretary of the Socialist Party of Canada, in a letter to Winnipeg socialist leader Bob Russell.

Every letter we get is opened. Some letters are held up for three or four weeks and others never reach us at all. Parcels of literature, circulars, leaflets are also held up and never reach their destination. And we get no response to our complaints.

In another letter, Stephenson wrote:

A bunch of tinhorn Bismarks [sic] in Ottawa are now able to stifle all criticism, censor the mails at their sweet will and manipulate, mutilate and censor all news of what is happening, not alone in Europe, but in this country. The mass of the people are now reduced to the position of school children, spoon fed with fairy tales.

- Daniel Francis, Seeing Reds: the Red Scare of 1918-1919, Canada’s First War on Terror. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2011. p. 23-25

#world war 1 canada #world war 1 #canadian history #government censorship #suppression of free speech #suppression of dissidents #seditious literature #canadian socialism #anti-communism #working class struggle #what the ruling class does when it rules #dictatorship within democracy #seeing reds #reading 2024 #research quote

[wikiuntamed]

On this day in Wikipedia: Friday, 17th November

Welcome, Bienvenida, 你好, Willkommen 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 17th November through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

17th November 2021 🗓️ : Death - Young Dolph Young Dolph, American rapper (b. 1985) "Adolph Robert Thornton Jr. (July 27, 1985 – November 17, 2021), better known by his stage name Young Dolph, was an American rapper, songwriter and entrepreneur. In 2016, he released his debut studio album, King of Memphis, which peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 chart. Young Dolph's fifth..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0? by Slyguy1255

17th November 2015 🗓️ : Death - John Leahy (diplomat) John Leahy, English lawyer and diplomat, High Commissioner to Australia (b. 1928) "Sir John Henry Gladstone Leahy, (7 February 1928 – 17 November 2015) was a senior British diplomat. He was Ambassador to South Africa from 1979 to 1982, and High Commissioner to Australia from 1984 to 1988. He later became Chairman of Lonrho...."

17th November 2013 🗓️ : Event - Tornado outbreak of November 17, 2013 An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana. "On November 17, 2013, the deadliest and costliest November tornado outbreak in Illinois history took shape, becoming the fourth-largest for the state overall. With more than 30 tornadoes in Indiana, it was that state's largest tornado outbreak for the month of November, and the second largest..."

Image by National Environmental Visualization Laboratory

17th November 1973 🗓️ : Event - Watergate scandal Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." "The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in..."

Image by Indutiomarus at English Wikipedia

17th November 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Bert Sutcliffe Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2001) "Bert Sutcliffe (17 November 1923 – 20 April 2001) was a New Zealand Test cricketer. Sutcliffe was a successful left-hand batsman. His batting achievements on tour in England in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's Five..."

Image by Unknown (Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. )

17th November 1820 🗓️ : Event - Nathaniel Palmer Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.) "Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 – June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer,..."

Image by Unknown authorUnknown author

17th November 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church) "Gennadius (Greek: Γεννάδιος; died 25 August 471) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 458 until his death. Gennadius is known to have been a learned writer who followed the Antiochene school of literal exegesis, although few writings have been left about him. He is commemorated in the Eastern..."

Image by anonimus

#OnThisDayInWikiHistory #WikiUntamed #WikiWandering #WhereNext