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| | | Fupi the orphaned giraffe returns to his whisperer – Ami Vitale's best photograph | | by Interview by Graeme Green Jan 11, 2023 | | ‘Lekupania is an animal keeper who saved Fupi after he fell in a ditch. Every morning, Fupi and all the other rehabilitated giraffes come back to check on him’ Lekupania is an incredible animal whisperer. He went from looking after his family’s livestock to becoming one of the best wildlife keepers in Kenya. He’s rehabilitated so many species, from warthogs to gerenuks, and he’s never lost an animal under his care. He has rescued even the most vulnerable, difficult creatures, such as Grévy’s zebra, which is a highly endangered species. Lekupania works in Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in the far north of Kenya. The giraffe is an orphaned baby “reticulated giraffe” named Fupi, which means Shorty in Swahili. Fupi was injured when he fell into a ditch. He was rehabilitated and returned to the wild. And now all the rehabilitated giraffes come every morning to check on Lekupania. They do a round of the stables and greet him, then make their way back to the wild. Continue reading... | | | | | Billy Nomates: 'Some days I think I've done something good, the next I'll set fire to it' | | by Emma Garland Jan 11, 2023 | | Tor Maries took her band name from an insult, and her sick-of-it-all songs decry sexism, dead-end jobs and social inequality. She’s still wondering how success found her “The reality of it always felt a little out of reach,” Tor Maries says of making music for a living. Speaking in a Bristol pub in November, two months before the release of her anticipated second album Cacti, she seems gently stunned by the events of the last few years. Not just the obvious – Brexit, Covid, the cost-of-living crisis, take your pick – but the success of her solo project Billy Nomates. Recorded with Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, Billy Nomates’ 2020 debut established Maries as a unique talent. She moved between a velvety coo and white-hot snarl, pulling inspiration from the fluidity of her hero David Bowie and the weathered gut-punch of singer-songwriters such as Kim Carnes. The music was sick-to-the-back-teeth no wave, bitterly kicking dead-end jobs, sexism and social inequalities like rocks down the road. Standout single No was a bass-driven slice of dirty realism, its slogan-esque lyrics unfolding in sharp spoken word like a feminist twist on Renton’s “choose life” monologue: “No to protein shakes and mirrors / Yes to running at night fearless.” Continue reading... | | | | | |
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