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New body sexualising it for the very first time

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New York Times bestselling author Sigrid Nunez has become one of the contemporary fiction’s most distinctive voices producing nine penetrating, profound novels celebrated by fans and critics alike. Ordinary and middle-aged women, living in cramped New York apartments feature in “It Will Come Back to You”. Elderly women, living in memory care facilities, somewhere upstate. Teenage girls, spending their summers in Connecticut, alienated by their parents. Divorcees, single mothers, daughters and grand-daughters. Women of the American middle class, women of the American proletariat. Women of the 1970s; women of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nunez who has always been a New York … Continue reading New body sexualising it for the very first time

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Golden age of England’s intellectual aristocracy as the upper echelons of the civil service

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Colin Kidd’s Twilight of the Dons, is about the rise of power and eventual fall from grace of the Oxbridge intellectual. After World war the powerful acdenucs if Cambridge and Oxbridge dons of the 1950s a patrician elite, who formed a progressive force university-based establishment reshaping Britain’s postwar society by connecting intelligentsia. Unlike intellectuals in other countries, often anti-establishment outsiders, the dons of Oxbridge enjoyed secure and even cosy connections with those in power.  This is a intriguing history that charts the decline of the “golden age” of intellectuals amid Thatcherite market forces, and how their influence waned when Oxbridge’s links … Continue reading Golden age of England’s intellectual aristocracy as the upper echelons of the civil service

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Gambling revenues vitally lubricate the machinery of Britain’s favourite sport

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How did a new wave of gambling brands hijack sport on a global scale, Darragh McGee travels the world to tell the incredible revelatory exposé story of the digital brands that unleashed this new era of sports gambling on a new generatin of fans- and got very rich doing so. From the tech hubs of London to betting markets in Africa and arenas across Canada, McGee uncovers why sports fans, parents, policymakers, and anyone interested in the intersection of tech and politics should take urgent action to protect against the harm and human misery that gambling leaves behind by the … Continue reading Gambling revenues vitally lubricate the machinery of Britain’s favourite sport

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Sir Garfield Sobers dies at 89

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West Indies cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers who held Test record of 365 not out against Pakistan in 1958, for 36 years, passed away aged 89. Between 1954 and 1974,  left-hander Sobers whose stroke play attracted huge crowds, turned out in 93 Test matches for the Caribbean side, totalling 8032 runs and claiming 235 wickets.  His contribution in cricket earned him a Knighthood in 1975, and he was later honoured as one of Wisden’s five cricketers of the twentieth century/ Tributes came from Sunil Gavaskar who described it as a perhaps the most sorrowful day cricket has ever witnessed, calling Sobers the … Continue reading Sir Garfield Sobers dies at 89

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INDIVIDUAL AND GROUND BREAKING TAKE ON ARTWORKS

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Yash Mali’s 34th Solo Exhibition at The famous J/M Gallery 230 Portobello Road London W11 1LJ Painting Photography and Conceptual Art Work. 15-21 July 2-6 pm Established artist Mali has had more than 200 group shows and this exhibition is his 34th solo show. There is a variety of styles in his work and one of his interests has been photographing people with tattoos including the book theme in his finished work. Have a look at some self portraits. Painting in blue, black and white which are semi-surrealist and fine art in context -they examine a new concept in his … Continue reading INDIVIDUAL AND GROUND BREAKING TAKE ON ARTWORKS

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Converts interpreted Rome to England

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The twentieth century is understood as an era of growing, inexorable secularism, yet in Britain between the 1890s and the 1960s there was a marked turn to Rome. In the first half of the century, Catholicism attracted more than half a million converts among them fascinating artists, writers and thinkers, after it became an intellectual and spiritual fashion. These men and women joined the church, and what difference did conversion make to them? Henry Scobie a Catholic policeman in wartime Sierra Leone finds himself mathematical blind, as it would be a mortal sin for him not to go to Mass … Continue reading Converts interpreted Rome to England

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Emotional second chance romance as accident erases marriage on rocks 

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New York Times Bestselling author, Christina Lauren’s latest unforgettable novel The Romance Revival, one fateful accident erases a troubled marriage from memory and love gets one extraordinary second chance. Three years ago, Emery Finch did something completely out of character.  He’s an extrovert who always wanted a family but never even planned to get married. He also charms everyone he meets and like dogs more than people, and always like to dance with every grandma, drunk bridesmaid and adorable flower girl at a wedding.  When he attended his cousin’s wedding in Las Vegas, his eyes met, smile faltered for just … Continue reading Emotional second chance romance as accident erases marriage on rocks 

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Algorithms pump toxin content at users of misuse personal data

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Make Tech products and services with safety, privacy and autonomy Sir Kier Starmer’s announcement to ban social media for under 16s, echoing measures in Australia that took effect in December. France, Austria and Spain are among other countries planning similar restriction. Beeban Kidron’s Users, is about a inspired global debate on smartphones rewiring children’s brains and links to poor mental health shows Users catching the Zeitgeist. Baroness Kidron has been campaigning for tech safety, regulation, and children’s rights for over a decade. In her book, she describes the move from a successful career directing films, including Bridget Jones: The Edge … Continue reading Algorithms pump toxin content at users of misuse personal data

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Rise and dominance of the world’s first “Jet age lion of cricket”

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West Indian all-rounder Garry Sobers, got 90 votes in the 2000 Wisden, the bible of cricket, which named the five best players of the 20th century, a choice made by 100 voters from around the world.  Duncan Hamilton in The Man Who Walked Out of the Sun,  fell in love with Sobers when he was a schoolboy in Nottingham, and over the years  followed him around the country as he spoke at lunches and dinners. But he only once approached Sobers and that to request an autograph. He never asked for an interview when writing this book. Instead of contacting Sobers, Hamilton has … Continue reading Rise and dominance of the world’s first “Jet age lion of cricket”

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End-of-life care in conservative Peru

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Lima-based Gustavo Rodriguez’s topical novel about assisted dying, which remains illegal in Peru, amid degenerative muscle disease sufferer Ana Estrada making international headlines in 2022, as she was granted the right to end her life without her doctors facing legal punishment.  Originally published as Cien Cuyes in 2023, it went on to win $175,000 Alfaguara Prize for fiction that same year and is Rodriguez’s first book to appear in English, translated by Daniel Hahn. Eufrasia Vela, a hardworking carer, on her way to tend to Doña Carmen, a lonely elderly bedridden widow living in the affluent Lima district of Miraflores, mourning … Continue reading End-of-life care in conservative Peru