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PREMIUM Lisa Mitchell spotted this New Zealand notice and she hopes that all Diary readers will send their hopes and prayers to the beleaguered Antipodean nation during this difficult time. Jaws of despair OUR readers may recall from schooldays those sad occasions when a child in class would receive terrible news relating to family matters. A female friend of Russell Smith told him of one such incident. She was in primary school at the time, and one of her chums was summoned to the headmaster’s office to discuss events at home. On the little girl’s return, her teacher anxiously inqu...

Black holes eat their way through galaxies by employing a complex repertoire of buffet manners, according to an international team of astronomers led by the University of Pretoria’s Dr Jack Radcliffe.   Dramatically diverse eating preferences drive this cosmic dining decorum: some black holes chew the stellar cud and savour their meals; others stage prolonged hunger strikes that leave them starving. When shredding objects into threads of atoms, smaller black holes just a few times the mass of our Sun spaghettify everything unlucky to get close enough. Supermassive black holes behave as th...

FROM the moment it first burst on to the stage in Glasgow, the Five Past Eight Show was something special. Sixty-six years ago this week, a handful of stars lit up the Alhambra Theatre in what was to become a city institution. The Evening Times review was suitably glowing the next day, on May 27, 1955. Queues for the Five Past Eight Show “Having seen most of the brightest and best shows at the Alhambra since it first opened its doors I never have left the theatre more satisfied than last night, when Five Past Eight had a sky’s-the-limit first performance,” enthused the revie...

Mask on or off? Vaccinated? Not? I feel like a Sneech; star upon yars? Either way, with events increasingly opening for in-person arts, nightlife and community, get out or stay in, but find your fun.

ARTS The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's audio drama is performed by Aurora Theatre company; adaptation by playwright Lydia R. Diamond. Thru May 21. https://auroratheatre.org/ Brilliant Mind Demo Ibrahim's new online interactive play explores traditions and struggles in an Egyptian-American family after their father's death. May 18-June 13. https://www.marintheatre.org/ (See feature article) Broadway on AirBnB Promotional-sponsored performances by a variety of talents: Tittus Burgess, cast members from Moulin Rouge, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more, plus dance, yoga, tarot and circus classes. $10-$50. ...