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Thursday 25.05.17 12A Symbol of defi ance ofdefi Symbol bee Manchester’s Morrissey’s hate Morrissey’s Suzanne Moore of support aweb weaving fans The teen assemble Arianators Taste tested Taste Croissants! Sgt Pepper art Pepper Sgt Chicago Judy Shortcuts Symbolism Why the bee is a perfect symbol Seen in Manchester … a card left after the for Manchester terror attack, graffiti on a gate, a bee tattoo and a city bollard rom homemade banners F and badges to images of mosaics, cartoons and T-shirts posted online, one symbol has come to defi ne Manchester’s togetherness following Monday night’s terror attack: the worker bee. But, as even Mancunians may be asking, why ? Offi cially, bees have been part of the city’s identity since 1842 , when a new city coat of arms was unveiled which, in part, depicts bees swarming across the globe. This represented the industriousness of the “worker bees” then toiling in Manchester’s cotton mills, colloquially known as beehives. What Manchester’s impover- ished, slum-dwelling workers thought of this depiction is not recorded. The Co-operative Movement used beehives as a positive symbol of solidarity , but logo , on the clock face at the bespoke litter bins with a honey- What happened this week, that city crest must surely have Victorian Palace hotel , even comb design and luminescent bee however, embodies Manchester’s felt somewhat patronising in this referenced, obliquely, in the black logo . Suddenly, the bee was fl eet, instinctive creativity. From then hotbed of Chartist revolt. and gold trim of Manchester everywhere, and, gradually, it factory chimneys to bucket hats, A city which, via a roll call of City’s 2009/10 away kit . But the acquired cachet. Elbow’s Guy numerous symbols are closely heroes as diverse as Moss Side- bee buzzed on the periphery of Garvey (in 2015, the band put out identifi ed with the city, but, from born suff ragette leader Emmeline Manchester’s consciousness. Far the Lost Worker Bee EP ) had a bee the subconscious depths of its hive Pankhurst and music mogul Tony more prominent, in recent years, tattoo , and Northern Quarter bar, mind, Manchester chose the per- Wilson, later defi ned itself as a city has been the “I Love MCR” brand- Cottonopolis , used the bee in its fect unifying symbol: secular, of spiky, independent thinkers. ing commissioned in the wake of logo. A website, Manchester Bees non-tribal, peaceful, community- That self-image may explain the 2012 riots, still visible on tote ( manchesterbe.es ), now maps the focused but not to be messed with. why, for more than a century, the bags and hoardings. city’s bees. There is also a beehive For the fi rst time in 175 Manchester bee faded from view. What changed? In 2014, as part on the roof of the Printworks years, the Manchester bee feels You could fi nd it: on bollards, on of a £14.5m clean-up, Manchester entertainment complex that authentically Mancunian. the old Boddingtons Brewery city council commissioned 600 neighbours Manchester Arena. Tony Naylor Fitness when you’re a kid; your muscles is more of a role model than a as young as three. However, they get damaged,” warned one, below cautionary tale. “Given the obe- only introduce weights at the Bend it like Cruz: the video of Cruz on a rowing sity epidemic, I think it’s really “CrossFit Academy” level, for machine, viewed almost 200,000 positive that a 12-year-old boy those aged 11 to 16. is the gym OK times. “You are too young for is taking an active interest in a “The coaches are extremely for 12-year-olds? this,” wrote another. A third healthy cardiovascular life- aaware of making sure the kids suggested he “eat a donut and style,” he says. It’s aare capable of doing what have a childhood”. fi ne for a young- tthey’re doing, But what’s more dangerous: ster to work out, and doing it ictures of a Beckham the rowing machine, or the Smith adds, as safely,” says P working out would doughnuts? British children are long as they seek AAnderson. normally be cause for some of the world’s least active, advice from a “Using their celebration, but when 12-year-old with a recent study fi nding that specialist before bbodies to gain Cruz (the third child of David and just 15% of girls and 22% of boys weight training. strength can be Victoria) posted a clip of himself do the recommended hour of Vikki Anderson rreally empowering. It can at the gym on Instagram this week , moderate physical exercise a day. manages the CrossFit All Out llead to a love of all kinds there were disapproving tuts from According to Chris Smith, a gym in County Durham with of sport. It’s not just about a certain sort of internet user. spokesman for the Chartered her husband Terry, where they ggoing to the gym.” “It’s actually bad to work out Society of Physiotherapy, Cruz off er fi tness classes to children TTim Walker 2 The Guardian 25.05.17 Pass notes No 3,861 NO Sean Hannity ENTRY ONE LEG GOOD Society 2000s that it’s got really bad. It Age: 55. seems to have something to do Appearance: The “after” pic from a Just For Men Doggers, drugs with the rise of the internet and Control GX advert. social media. I think it is listed in Occupation: Fox News presenter, Trump and Britain’s some site somewhere, but I don’t apologist. naughtiest wood want to ruin my browser history.” He apologises for Donald Trump? He defends There are no public rights of Trump. He apologises for nothing. way across Uff moor, allowing Why does a flamingo What has he got to apologise for? Flogging a the wood’s gates to be padlocked stand on one leg? conspiracy theory about the murder of Seth Rich . t’s Britain’s naughtiest until further notice. Anderson To save energy. Not What? Who? Seth Rich , a 27-year-old Democratic I woodland. Two hundred visited on a monitoring a terrible joke, but National Committee staff er who was murdered in acres of bluebell- covered expedition just the other day. a discovery by a US 2016, in what police suspect was a botched robbery. forest so bad that the Woodland “I saw six cars pull in, and then research team that, That doesn’t sound like a very good conspiracy Trust has taken the rare step of turn round, do a U-turn, because counterintuitively, theory. It isn’t one. The conspiracy theory is that the birds employ shutting it down until it improves . we had a camera.” Rich was the source of the DNC emails said to no active muscular Uff moor Wood, near She points to walkers being effort when they’re have been passed to Wiki Leaks by Russia, and was Halesowen in the West Midlands, knocked to the ground by unipedal, meaning murdered because of this. is padlocked as of today, after anti social dog owners, and to they expend less What evidence does Hannity cite for this becoming a focal point for broader safety issues that mean energy. They also contention? None – there isn’t any. But Hannity sheep-worrying, dirt-bike they would now prefer wardens found that dead has joined a clutch of hard-right cranks and fake- scrambling, dog fouling, drug to patrol in groups of two or more. flamingos can still news outlets to keep the theory alive by pushing balance on one leg. peddling and sex dogging. At least Uff moor can draw it on his Fox show night after night. On the Woodland Trust’s page consolation from the fact that it Why would he bother? Because, as he said in for Uff moor , visitors expressed is not alone. Stapleford Wood in a recent tweet : “If Seth was wiki source, no mixed emotions . Some were Lincolnshire was visited by up Trump/Russia collusion.” mystifi ed . Others less so. “I have to 40 cars a day . In Livingston, Ah , he has his Trump apologist hat on. Yes, but seen many DISGUSTING sights,” pyromaniacs have lately been his insistence has embarrassed Fox News. pointed out regular walker setting fi re to trees , while Fox News? Embarrassed by lies? Are we talking Beverley Challinor. “The worst Horrocks Wood in Lancashire had about the same Fox News? At fi rst, it went big on being in October 2013.” its car parking reduced by half to the conspiracy, but it has since removed the story “Who DO these men think deter amorous visitations . from its website, saying it “was not initially they are fooling,” she went on. Gavin Haynes subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny “In the lay by in their suits and we require for all our reporting”. pristine shoes?” Meaning it was rubbish. Exactly. Finally, after The Farmers’ Guardian also a threatened advertising boycott and a plea from reported several incidents where Rich’s parents , Hannity said o n Tuesday’s show : sheep on neighbouring lands had “Out of respect for the family’s wishes, for now, been attacked . I am not discussing this matter at this time.” Hollie Anderson of the That’s the whole sorry aff air concluded, then. Woodland Trust points out Not quite. He didn’t retract any prior claims, and that closing a Trust property is he didn’t apologise. unprecedented. “ It’s escalated Perhaps it is enough that he is keeping his mouth over the years. It’s a very sad shut.