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The Good John Proctor review Salem gears up for witch hunting

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TheatreReviewJermyn Street theatre, London Set in the year before the events of The Crucible, the volatile children’s games that seed the later hysteria are brilliantly played but the drama is missing We are in Salem a year before the witchcraft trials of 1692. Rumblings of wrongdoing are filtered through children’s games, night-time conversations and the gossip or grisly rumour that wafts into the lives of young Betty Parris (Sabrina Wu) and Abigail Williams (Anna Fordham). Read More...

They track every move: how US parole apps created digital prisoners

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‘Having somebody track your every move – it was like being locked up again.’ William Frederick Keck III, who raps as OG Illa, in Richmond, Virginia. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/The GuardianView image in fullscreen‘Having somebody track your every move – it was like being locked up again.’ William Frederick Keck III, who raps as OG Illa, in Richmond, Virginia. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/The GuardianDigital citizensUS prisonsIs smartphone tracking a less intrusive reward for good behaviour or just a way to enrich the incarceration industry? Read More...

A life in pictures: Diego Maradona | Sport

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A life in pictures: Diego Maradona Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, Diego Armando Maradona has died aged 60. We take a look back at his colourful career on and off the pitch Diego Maradona dies aged 60 Child genius Maradona became the fulfilment of a prophecy Paul Bellsham Read More...