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Kate Moss in 2019

The illusion of Kate Moss is an art piece first shown at the conclusion of the Alexander McQueen runway show The Widows of Culloden (Autumn/Winter 2006). It consists of a short film of English model Kate Moss (pictured) dancing slowly while wearing a long, billowing gown of white chiffon, projected life-size within a glass pyramid in the centre of the show's catwalk. Although sometimes referred to as a hologram, the illusion was made using a 19th-century theatre technique called Pepper's ghost. McQueen conceived the illusion as a gesture of support for Moss; she was a close friend of his and was embroiled in a drug-related scandal at the time of the Widows show. It is regarded by many critics as the highlight of the Widows runway show, and it has been the subject of a great deal of academic analysis, particularly as a wedding dress and as a memento mori. The illusion appeared in both versions of Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, a retrospective exhibition of McQueen's designs. (Full article...)

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Helen Kendall

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... that suggested responses to nihilism include detachment, resignation, defiance, disruption, and the creation of new values?
... that Sumahadi, a future Indonesian minister of forestry, was the only person in his cohort to graduate without a thesis?
... that Joe Pantoliano thought that he would star in This Is Us, not an episode of The Last of Us?
... that the first UK private toll road in a century operated for 14 weeks in 2014?
... that The Dark Domain was said by one critic to have placed its author "within the canon of supernatural greats"?
... that Remedios Varo's only sculpture, Homo rodans, is accompanied by a satirical anthropological manuscript?
... that it was feared that Earl Ohlgren had broken his neck during an NFL exhibition game, but he was actually just in shock?

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Prime Minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (pictured) resigns after weeks of protests.
In the Netherlands, an early election is called after the Schoof cabinet collapses as the PVV abandons the governing coalition.
Lee Jae-myung is elected as president of South Korea.
In cricket, the Indian Premier League concludes with Royal Challengers Bengaluru defeating Punjab Kings.
Karol Nawrocki is elected as president of Poland.

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June 9

Abraham Whipple

1549 – The first Book of Common Prayer was legally mandated by Parliament, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England.
1772 – In an act of defiance against the Navigation Acts, American colonists led by Abraham Whipple (pictured) attacked and burned the British schooner Gaspee.
1928 – Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.
1999 – Yugoslav Wars: The Kumanovo Agreement was signed, bringing an end to the Kosovo War the next day.

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Bini at Billboard Korea K Power 100 event

Filipino girl group Bini (pictured) has won 44 awards from 83 nominations and 8 honorees. The group includes Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna and Sheena, and debuted on June 11, 2021. They are the recipients of five Awit Awards, twelve Ppop Music Awards, and one MTV Europe Music Awards. In 2021, Bini released their debut song "Born to Win" and was nominated for Wish Pop Song at the Wish Music Awards. In 2022, they earned multiple nominations at the 2023 Awit Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year on their single "Lagi" (lit. 'Always'), under their second album, Feel Good. In 2024, Bini became the first Filipino group to win Best Asia Act at the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards and was also honored with the Rising Star Award at the Billboard Philippines Women in Music. In 2025, they also won Top Local Artist of the Year at the launching of the Official Philippines Chart. (Full list...)

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Lestes dryas is a species of damselfly in the family Lestidae, the spreadwings. Its common names include emerald spreadwing, scarce emerald damselfly, and robust spreadwing. This species is native to the Holarctic realm, especially northern parts of Eurasia and North America, and relictual in North Africa. It is about 35 to 42 millimetres (1.4 to 1.7 in) long, with the males generally longer than the females. The males have a wingspan of about 45 millimetres (1.8 in), and the females of about 47 millimetres (1.9 in). Both sexes of L. dryas have largely metallic green bodies with a bronze iridescence, with blue pruinescence developing as they age. This male emerald spreadwing was photographed in Kulna, Estonia.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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