True Detective recap season one, episode six

 Posted on May 27, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1083 words  |  Aldo Pusey

True Detective: episode recapsTelevisionWe finally learned exactly how our detective duo's relationship went south – but bigger issues came to the fore, such as: exactly what was Cohle up to in his years 'off the grid'?Spoiler alert: we are recapping True Detective after UK transmission. Please don't read on if you haven't watched episode six. If you have seen further ahead in the series, please do not leave spoilers. Read Gwilym's Mumford's episode five recap here. [Read More]

Canadian journalists memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensual | Canada

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1014 words  |  Valentine Belue

Canada This article is more than 1 year oldCanadian journalist’s memoir accused of depicting sexual assault as consensualThis article is more than 1 year oldFilm-maker Zoe Greenberg says she raised concerns with Penguin Random House Canada over Leah McLaren’s book A Canadian film-maker who was allegedly sexually assaulted as a teenager has accused the country’s largest book publisher of knowingly releasing a memoir by one of her alleged assailants that depicts the incident as consensual. [Read More]

Gallery: Literary last words | Books

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1168 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Literary last words Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Terry Breverton selects some of literature's most memorable farewells, from Samuel Johnson to James Joyce Thu 5 Aug 2010 11.35 EDT First published on Thu 5 Aug 2010 11.35 EDT SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709 – 1784 ‘Iam moriturus’ (I who am about to die) John Hawkins published a biography of this giant of English literature just three years after his death. [Read More]

Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions may finally be published, after five-decade wait | Scien

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  754 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Science fiction books This article is more than 3 years oldHarlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions may finally be published, after five-decade waitThis article is more than 3 years oldSci-fi anthology stalled since 1974 will be produced by executor, screenwriter J Michael Straczynski, adding stories by today’s big-name SF writers It is the great white whale of science fiction: an anthology of stories by some of the genre’s greatest names, collected in the early 1970s by Harlan Ellison yet mysteriously never published. [Read More]

Kaiser Karl: 12 moments that made Lagerfeld a legend

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1583 words  |  Kary Bruening

Karl LagerfeldThe late designer spent 65 years at the top of fashion, but he was equally known for his put-downs, his personal style and even his pets 1954, wins the Woolmark prize An overachiever and proud of itKarl Lagerfeld in 1954, winning best coat award at the Woolmark prize. Photograph: Keystone-France/Gamma via Getty ImagesKarl Lagerfeld moved to Paris from his native Hamburg as a teenager and, although he had no formal fashion or art school education, soon made his mark. [Read More]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus review the right comic formula

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  586 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Book of the dayFictionReviewA tale of female disempowerment in the 50s and 60s gets a culinary tweak in this sweet revenge comedy Every now and again, a first novel appears in a flurry of hype and big-name TV deals, and before the end of the first chapter you do a little air-punch because for once it’s all completely justified. Lessons in Chemistry, by former copywriter Bonnie Garmus, is that rare beast; a polished, funny, thought-provoking story, wearing its research lightly but confidently, and with sentences so stylishly turned it’s hard to believe it’s a debut. [Read More]

Michael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poem | Anne Frank

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  597 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Anne Frank This article is more than 1 year oldMichael Rosen marks Anne Frank anniversary with new poemThis article is more than 1 year oldSeventy-five years after Diary of a Young Girl’s publication, Sonnet for Anne Frank reflects on the ‘awful paradox’ of the journal’s bright spirit and her fate Read the poem belowFormer children’s laureate Michael Rosen has written a new poem to mark the 75th anniversary of the release of Anne Frank’s diary. [Read More]

Sunshine and vitamin D: why cloudy skies are bad for our health

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2075 words  |  Aldo Pusey

HealthThe lack of sunshine in the UK means 25% of us are short of vitamin D. Does it matter? Yes, it does – it could be vital in the fight against TB, cancer and multiple sclerosisA study that emerged from Denmark this week may not have seemed particularly striking in itself. It does, however, add to a growing body of evidence that the paucity of sunlight in the UK for most of the year not only makes us miserable, but could actually be doing us harm. [Read More]

The 15 most interesting Australian frogs sorted

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1556 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

SortedAmphibiansYou’d be hopping mad to not be fascinated by the weird, wacky and wonderful frogs on this list, which are all well worth protecting Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email and listen to our podcast Australia is a continent as diverse in natural wonders as it is many other things; 41% of our animal species and 80% of our plant species are found here and nowhere else. This is especially true with frogs, with the vast majority endemic, confined to small ranges, and with very limited populations. [Read More]

UK schoolgirl who faced terror charges is wake-up call about grooming | UK news

 Posted on May 26, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  706 words  |  Kary Bruening

UK news This article is more than 1 year oldUK schoolgirl who faced terror charges is ‘wake-up call about grooming’This article is more than 1 year oldCharges against Rhianan Rudd, then 15, were dropped after evidence proved she had been groomed online by rightwing extremists Charities say the case of a UK teenager who became the youngest girl to be charged with terror offences after online grooming by rightwing extremists should be a “wake-up call” about the online vulnerability of children. [Read More]