Marek Edelman at the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes memorial in 2006 Photograph: Paweł Kula/EPAMarek Edelman at the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes memorial in 2006 Photograph: Paweł Kula/EPASecond world warObituaryMarek Edelman obituaryLast surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943
Marek Edelman, who has died aged 90, was the last surviving leader of the ill-fated Warsaw Ghetto uprising of 1943. The revolt was the first and largest act of armed urban resistance to the Germans during the second world war. Read More...
SportblogUSAHow a teacher became a football player and then took the game across the Atlantic: Phil Woosnam, who has died aged 80When the United States beat Honduras in the semi-final of the Concacaf championship in Dallas on Wednesday night, ensuring their appearance in Sunday's final against Panama, Jürgen Klinsmann's players were setting a new record. No US soccer team had ever won 10 matches in a row. Despite David Beckham's tearful recent farewell to Major League Soccer, the game continues to make progress in its most resistant major market. Read More...
Autobiography and memoirReviewThis hybrid biography cuts between essays from Kristine McKenna and reflections from the great auteur
Kristine McKenna admits at the outset of Room to Dream that she and David Lynch have come up with an approach to life writing “that some might find strange”. This hybrid form combines memoir and biography: each of McKenna’s chapters is followed by one by Lynch on the same years, “having a conversation with his own biography”. Read More...