She didn’t set out to be a model, or an actress, and several agencies rejected the gap-toothed Lauren Hutton, before Eileen Ford gave her a shot. As the face of Revlon, Hutton became the highest-paid model in history, and still holds the record for most cover appearances on American Vogue. She talks with Anthony Mason about her adventurous life of no regrets – from living among the bushmen of the Kalahari, to a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2000. Even of the low points she says, “I’d do it again in a second.” (Originally broadcast Jan. 25, 2026.)
During his half-century in television, Peter Lassally (who died last Sunday at age 93) played producer and confidant to late-night hosts David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, Tom Snyder, and Johnny Carson. Mo Rocca has a remembrance of the man they called “The Host Whisperer.”
Before winning two Grammys and being nominated for four others, working the coat check was about as close as Corinne Bailey Rae was getting to a stage. She showed us the “little box” she once sat in at the Hi-Fi Club, in Leeds, England: “I mean, I really always wanted to see the bands. So, being here wasn’t great, because you couldn’t see exactly, [though] you could hear it,” she said.
Corinne Bailey Rae ensconced in the coat check room at The Hi-Fi Club.
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And it was here where a record label would later come to hear her in an audition, performing “Like a Star” with a guitarist.
“Like a Star,” her first single, became a hit, as did her second, “Put Your Records On”:
Maybe sometimes we feel afraid, but it’s alright The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change Don’t you think it’s strange?
Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song You go ahead, let your hair down Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams Just go ahead, let your hair down
Its lyrics – music facilitating self-acceptance – have autobiographical notes: “As much as Leeds is a really ethnically-diverse place, you can still feel different as a person who has, you know, a Black parent and a white parent,” Bailey Rae said.
Growing up, she says, she’d sometimes felt “on the margins.” “I really wanted to play the cello, but we didn’t have a car. So, my mum was like, ‘What about the one you can carry?’ So, I ended up playing the violin, and I really enjoyed that. …
“I sort of noticed things like that – like, Oh, we don’t have a car. Oh, we don’t have a telephone. We didn’t have a lot of money, but it wasn’t a sad thing.”
Initially, Bailey Rae said, she felt “sad” about her voice, “because it had all this texture.” But that changed when she heard the voices of Billie Holiday and Kurt Cobain. “It was like, You are welcome in this space. Their songs don’t necessarily have to be, you know, shiny and perfect. And that just made me feel like I could be in music.”
The release of her first album, in 2006, catapulted her to the top of the charts, and into new company. “Stevie Wonder called me,” she said. “Prince came to one of our shows.”
Corinne Bailey Rae.
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But, in 2008, everything changed, when her husband and band member Jason Rae died of an accidental overdose. “It felt at that time to be the sort of end of my life,” she said. “It was just, like, such a huge amount of pain.”
Asked how she dealt with her grief, Bailey Rae replied, “I say a thing that someone said to me in the hospital. She said, ‘Oh, grief is a long journey. We’re all gonna lose people, you know? If we’re lucky to have a long life, we’re just gonna see other people just going, you know, through that door.’ And there’s something really, you know, beautiful about knowing that.
“I think it’s such a complex emotion because it’s sort of, like, the sadness of losing someone, but also the awareness of how beautiful, you know, life is, and how it’s a beautiful thing that everyone you know, you have that much time with them,” she said.
There was nothing from Bailey Rae for about two years until, amid the grief of losing Jason, she released her second album, “The Sea.” It was produced by Steve Brown, who had always just been a professional collaborator. “Actually, [it was] Jason’s mother who first said to me, you know, ‘What do you think of Steve?'”
She was the matchmaker? “She is just a really intuitive woman,” said Bailey Rae. “I felt it was two things: One was, I like this guy. But another thing was sort of like, We as the family kind of give you permission to, you know, move forward with your life, which just was a very beautiful thing of her to do.”
The couple married in 2013, and now have two daughters. “It was like having a second chance,” said Bailey Rae. “So, I do think of my life as having these two – kind of like a before and after.”
Bailey Rae released two more studio albums to critical acclaim, if not all-out commercial success; and she has been recognized in her hometown, with a sculpture, “Ribbons,” by artist Pippa Hale. “This is a beautiful sculpture that came out a few years ago, and it has more than 300 names of women who are from Leeds who’ve made an impact in culture – some suffragettes, some politicians, some artists.” Including Bailey Rae.
“Ribbons,” which names prominent women from Leeds.
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Earlier this year, she released a children’s book – the title recalling her chart-topping song. “I wanted to write about how music can heal you, that music can sit with you in any emotion, and music can be your friend,” she said.
The book is part of a year-long celebration of her first album. There’s also a tour, which she kicked off at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in England, singing those hits from 20 years ago that first made her famous.
In May, Corinne Bailey Rae performed songs from her 2006 debut album at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.
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Asked if the success of “Put Your Records On” was a weight upon her, Bailey Rae replied, “I think when someone does really well, everyone wants you to kind of win in that particular way again. You know, the music industry is really brutal. They really want you to be commercially successful.”
And she? “I mean, yeah, definitely. But it was funny. With that first record, I wasn’t thinking like, ‘Oh, this is gonna be – ‘ Like, I had no idea that it was gonna be successful in that way. We made it in a basement studio with no windows. So, it wasn’t like I went in with a certain kind of ambition. I just wanted to make the songs work.”
She says rebirth is a big theme for her: “Because there’s a possibility, every single time, of starting again. You know, any age and any space, you can sort of hit reset and do it again and go back into the fire, transform, and be out as a new thing, you know, every single time.”
In this web exclusive, British singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae talks with Seth Doane about growing up in Leeds and feeling on the margins; the influence of Billie Holiday and Kurt Cobain on her music; the breakout success of “Put Your Records On”; the devastating loss of her first husband; finding love again; and what aging has taught her.
The attack happened at about 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT), with a report made to police in Berlin that a white vehicle struck crowds at a Pride event in the capital.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered at Tiergarten park, near the iconic Brandenburg Gate, for the annual event, which is known as Christopher Street Day.
Some people were also stabbed in the incident.
Shortly afterwards, the Pride event was cancelled.
A performance was abruptly brought to a end, with organisers taking to the stage and advising the crowd that the event was over and to start walking towards the exits.
As the message was being given to the crowd, the word ‘Evacuation’ projected onto a large screen on the stage.
Unverified video posted to social media showed large crowds of people leaving the scene as emergency vehicles raced to the scene.
At about 01:00 local time, police confirmed that one woman had been killed and 16 others had suffered injuries.
A short time later police confirmed they had located the vehicle believed to have been used in the attack, with it having crashed into a tree.
Twenty years after her single “Put Your Records On” made her an international star, two-time Grammy-winner Corinne Bailey Rae is embarking on a tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of her breakout debut album. The British singer-songwriter talks with correspondent Seth Doane about the inspiration of Billie Holiday and Kurt Cobain; grieving the death of her first husband; and of rebirth – a life after loss.
Every parent wants their child to be responsible, disciplined and capable of making good decisions. When it comes to German parents they teach these values by introducing some concepts from an early age. Concepts like saving money, respecting time and taking responsibility are some of the factors that teach children instant gratification.In a recent video, communication expert and content creator Pawan Kamboj Kumar highlights the same. According to him, German parents place a strong emphasis on teaching these life skills from an early age. Here are the parenting practices.
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Pocket money teaches the value of earning before spending
According to Kumar, one of the first lessons many German children receive is managing their own pocket money. Instead of buying every toy or item a child asks for, parents often give children a fixed amount of pocket money. If they want something special, they are expected to save for it over several weeks.As Kumar explains, this teaches children that “everything comes through effort and planning, not for free.”
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Household responsibilities begin early
Kumar also points out that children are regularly given small at-home responsibilities, such as; cleaning their own room or setting the dining table. According to him, assigning these age-appropriate responsibilities helps develop responsibility and a habit of hard work from an early age. Instead of viewing chores as punishment, children learn that contributing to family life is a normal part of growing up.
Respecting time is treated as an important life skill
Another lesson Kumar highlights is punctuality. In Germany, school schedules, playtime, and family dinners often follow fixed timings. If someone arrives late, they naturally experience the consequences rather than being constantly reminded. He says children are taught that other people’s time is just as valuable as their own. Over time, this habit becomes part of their everyday behaviour.
Parents don’t fulfil every demand immediately
Perhaps the biggest parenting lesson Kumar discusses is resisting the urge to satisfy every request instantly. As Kumar explains, “Just because a child asks for something doesn’t mean parents immediately give it.” He notes that German parents do not immediately buy something a child asks for. Waiting becomes an important lesson in itself. Children are encouraged to wait and understand the concept of an earned reward.
What these habits are important
The biggest parenting takeaway here is that teaching children responsibility and making them aware about the value of time can be done through simple routines. While parenting lessons differ around the world, some simple habits can become powerful tools to raise responsible kids.
Few can fill a blank canvas like Derrick Adams. At 56, Adams is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of his generation, known for capturing themes of Black life in America in vibrant, kaleidoscopic style.
Derrick Adams’ “Easy Street,” a 2025 acrylic and fabric collage on wood panel, part of the exhibition “Derrick Adams: View Master,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
He is by no means a minimalist. “Sometimes there’s opportunities to be very minimal and still be impactful,” he said. “And there’s times where density is really important, if you’re trying to create an immersive experience. There are so many different ways that I communicate.
“Using color is not because I like colorful things. It’s really, like, color is more to activate a certain psychological response from the audience based on our association with certain colors, even sometimes when they don’t even know why they’re gravitating towards things.”
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Adams moved to New York for college, and to pursue a career as an artist. It wasn’t long before he gained attention internationally for his signature style. Today, that palette drenches the interiors (and even exterior) of Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, home to a mid-career retrospective of his work.
An installation view of “Derrick Adams: View Master,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
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Throughout the space are joyous scenes of everyday life and leisure, like a work from his signature “Floater” series. “We study, like, the chaise lounge, and the figures in Renaissance laying on the chaise lounge,” he said. “I was like, ‘How could you do it in American pop style?’ It would be more fun.”
A painting from Derrick Adams’ “Floater” series, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
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His art shows Black life in all its complexities. “And undisturbed,” he said. “It’s really more about what happens when you leave a Black person alone to do the things that we do.”
It’s also an attempt to capture something even more elusive in art: Black joy.
Adams said, “If you see my work, you’re going to see things that may remind you of times where you are in spaces where you feel safe and normal and human. I think the difference between the idea of Black joy and joy is that, if there’s two people going out to jog in the morning, one person is gonna be assured that if something does happen, there will be ramifications if it does happen. But the other person? Through history and understanding, many things could happen to them jogging. They could be arrested for something that they did not do, or anything. [Killed], yes. But the difference between the two is, a person who has the most to lose will still put on their headphones and jog. And that’s Black joy, huh? Because you still do it!”
Asked if he has gotten feedback from people saying his work is “too light,” Adams replied, “All the time. There may be people who may feel that by showing this other aspect of Black culture, that it diminishes the reality of what some people may face in that people may forget about the trauma of what’s happening by getting lost in this particular narrative.
“We occupy multiple spaces. And if anything, I’m letting people know that you deserve this,” he continued. “And if you care to respond to things in a kind of editorial way or a journalistic way as an artist, that’s important for artists to feel compelled to do that. But I think that artists – definitely artists of color – should still be able to speak on things that they feel they want people to know about them as an individual or as a group.”
Derrick Adams’ “Style Variation 35” (2020), from the exhibition “Derrick Adams: View Master.”
That vision has led critics to call Adams one the leading painters of Black contemporary life, credited with expanding the possibilities of American art.
But Derrick Adams insists his focus is not on legacy – simply making sure his art continues to radiate joy.
“I always say this thing like, when I’m gone and people — I’m not morbid! But I always think about the idea of art,” he said. “Everyone is gonna go at some point. I’m either gonna end up in a museum collection or on ‘[Antique] Roadshow.’ I’ve seen good stuff on there! You know, the idea of good art, it’s gonna end up somewhere. I think that people never throw away things that they feel are needed.”
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A tiny microbe has been making a lot of Americans sick. Really sick. Just ask Jessica Mallard. “I wasn’t feeling well. The pain in my stomach was, like, unbearable,” she said.
The parasite is called cyclospora, It gives you (and I’m sorry to have to say this) debilitating, explosive diarrhea that can last for weeks. Since May, more than 11,000 cases of this miserable illness have been reported in 41 states.
“I’m still fatigued,” said Mallard. “Like, I’m really, really weak.”
Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite, cyclospora.
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The FDA believes that the biggest outbreak this season, the one affecting nine states so far, came to us aboard contaminated iceberg lettuce from Mexico. That lettuce was shipped nationwide by Taylor Farms, a huge distributor that supplies thousands of groceries and restaurants.
“We’ve never seen anything like this,” said Susan Mayne, an adjunct professor at the Yale School of Public Health, who ran the food-safety department of the Food and Drug Administration from 2015 to 2023. “This is just an astonishingly large outbreak, record-setting outbreak.”
Cyclospora comes from human feces. How could that get on the lettuce? “It could be inadequate bathroom facilities, inadequate hand-washing facilities,” said Mayne. “Somehow that water is getting contaminated from some other source – sewage, some other source.”
Almost half of all food-borne illnesses comes from fruits and vegetables, in part because we usually don’t cook them before eating. These outbreaks are also financially devastating – to farmers, suppliers, and restaurants.
And so, after a 2006 spinach contamination, when the FDA warned against eating spinach, nearly every grower of spinach in the country was affected. The West Coast farming industry resolved to self-regulate.
And so, the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) was born – a coalition of farmers who have agreed to adopt food-safety protocols more stringent than the government’s. “They join voluntarily, but once they join, they must follow our rules,” said LGMA’s CEO Tim York.
Jack Vessey, a fourth-generation produce farmer in southern California, said, “We have to do it. Any kind of outbreak is detrimental to our industry.”
Vessey’s operation abides by the LGMA rules, which require sanitizing the irrigation water; testing it at the source and at the spraying end; hair nets and gloves; knife disinfectant; state inspections at least three times a year; and barcodes for tracing produce back to their original fields.
Farms participating in the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement operate under food-safety rules that are more stringent than the government’s.
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But despite all of these precautions, outbreaks can still happen. “Outbreaks may occur because we are growing product outdoors,” said York. “Some bacteria just occur naturally within an environment. They just exist. And so, we control as much of the ecosystem as we can.”
Eventually, every discussion of food safety rolls around to the government. Susan Mayne acknowledged that food safety budgets have been under-resourced for decades.
“We had a national advisory committee, a committee that advised FDA and USDA on how to prevent microbial contamination in food,” said Mayne. “That advisory committee was disbanded. We used to convene meetings with our Mexican counterparts on how we can work together to improve food safety. That entire team was let go.”
And then there’s FoodNet, a joint venture of the FDA, the CDC, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture that provided an early-warning surveillance program that used to track eight particularly nasty microbes. But now, it tracks only two – and cyclospora is not one of them.
For three decades, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), a collaboration among the CDC, FDA, USDA, and 10 state health departments, conducted surveillance for eight pathogens (including cyclospora). Since July 1, 2025, reporting on pathogens other than salmonella and e-coli has been made optional.
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In 2011, Congress passed a food-safety bill that included a Traceability Rule. It said that any food-related company must keep detailed supply-chain records for vulnerable ingredients, all the way from the fields to the store. It was supposed to take effect this year. “I can tell you, having seen lettuce tracebacks, that would’ve been incredibly helpful,” said Mayne.
So, if there is a cyclospora outbreak next year, we still won’t be able to trace it? “That’s correct,” replied Mayne. “Unless Congress or somebody else intervenes in the interim.”
This past week, Health and Human Services director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told reporters that criticisms of the administration’s food safety programs were “invalid.”
“We’ve had no cuts in our surveillance program,” Kennedy said. “We did cuts in the FoodNet program, but they were for redundant surveillance.”
But Mayne says, “No, it’s not accurate. I mean, clearly there have been cuts.”
So, for now, what would be her advice for consumers? “I would avoid the bagged salads,” Mayne said. “And the reason is that a little bit of contamination can be spread more broadly through bagged salads.”
The former head of food safety says that this summer’s outbreaks are more than just another headline. “This is a national wake-up call,” Mayne said. “We want our dollars to be spent protecting public health, and protecting health. And so, I hope people will make that message clear, ’cause I haven’t talked to a single person from either party that wants to see unsafe food on our tables.”
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