ChileCafés con piernas seem like peculiar throwbacks to more sexist days, but they provide steady income to migrants unable to work elsewhere
At kerbside tables, down shadowy alleys and in underground arcades, coffee in Chile’s capital is still served con piernas – with legs.
Waitresses in short skirts and high heels serve coffee at the street-level joints which form part of a curious, anachronistic hangover from the 1980s. And in exotically named cafes in underground shopping centres, the staff – who are nearly all migrants from other countries – wear swimwear.
ArtDido Belle: the artworld enigma who inspired a movieDido Belle, the mixed-race daughter of an 18th-century British aristocrat, is the subject of a mysterious painting and a new film, Belle. Here we unravel her story – and the puzzle of her pose Amma Asante: I'm bi-cultural
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The enigma of Mona Lisa's smile? Who cares? The mystery of Dido Belle is much more intriguing.
‘Finally liberated from the burden of his sex-symbol image’: Paul Newman‘Finally liberated from the burden of his sex-symbol image’: Paul NewmanFrom the Observer archiveLife and styleA celebration of the return of the hustler, this time starring in The Color of MoneyMaureen Dowd interviewed Paul Newman, who was starring in Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money 25 years after he was in The Hustler – at home in Westport, Connecticut and also at his Fifth Avenue penthouse (‘Return of the Hustler’, 30 November 1986).
08.27 EST'I can’t promise you more state aid,' finance minister tells German farmersFacing a jeering crowd at the farmers’ demonstration in Berlin, the German finance minister, Christian Lindner, said he could not promise more money.
“I can’t promise you more state aid from the federal budget,” Lindner told the crowd, according to Reuters.
He added:
But we can fight together for you to enjoy more freedom and respect for your work.
Premier LeagueKulusevski leads way as 10-man Spurs deepen gloom for Nottingham ForestAfter Dejan Kulusevski thumped in Tottenham’s second goal, the killer blow for Nottingham Forest, Steve Cooper swivelled on his feet, dragged his fingers down his cheeks and retreated towards the home dugout. Quite how many more times Cooper will be able to call this place home depends on how dimly the Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, views this latest defeat, a fifth in the past six matches.