A line from Jessica Johns’ haunting, atmospheric and beautiful debut novel, Bad Cree, has been tumbling around in my head since I set the book down. “That’s the thing about the [prairie]. . . . It’ll tell you exactly what it’s doing and when, you just have to listen.” Johns’ protagonist, a young Cree woman
Self-help has been a booming genre for adults for decades, with books available that can teach us everything from how to boost our self-esteem, overcome addiction, and deal with mental illness to how to actualise our wildest dreams. Adults often buy self-help when we reach a turning point in our lives, or find ourselves in
The sun will not be setting on Vanderpump Rules in the near future. Bravo announced this week that the hit Real Housewives of Beverly Hills spinoff will return for its highly-anticipated tenth season on Wednesday, February 8, at 9 p.m. The returning cast for Season 10 includes Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Katie Maloney, Lala Kent, Raquel Leviss, Scheana
In this article BBBY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A man is seen at a Bed Bath & Beyond store in New York, on Jan. 5, 2023. Ziyu Julian Zhu | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Bed Bath & Beyond on Tuesday posted wider quarterly losses than expected as its chief executive acknowledged
Income at the disability charity Scope rose by £10m last year after a “surge of support” from people using its charity shops. The charity raised £44.2m in total in the year to the end of March 2022, up from £34.1m in 2020/21. This includes £21.3m from Scope’s network of 200 charity shops, compared with £8.8m
In a major shift one of the nation’s premier arthouses, Karen Cooper will be exiting as director on June 30 after 50 years running the Film Forum in New York City. Deputy Director Sonya Chung will assume the role. Cooper has led the nonprofit cinema since its first iteration in 1972 as a 50-seat loft
What interior trends do we predict in 2023 as we hold the crystal ball? Thankfully, we got some clues from a handful of leading interior designers. Interior trends may not move as fast as commodities or be as swift as the fashion world’s whims, but they, too, are subjected to the swings of the pendulum.
Last year, The Chainsmokers released their fourth studio album, So Far So Good, along with an album of lofi remixes. While the album has gotten a bit better with consequent listens, it still remains one of our least favorite bodies of work the duo has released. That being said, new year new me, The Chainsmokers are
In this article PERI-IL BMBL BKNG AAPL MSFT META AMZN DV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook poses in front of a new MacBook Airs running M2 chips display during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 6, 2022. Peter Dasilva | Reuters With the brutal 2022 behind
If you’re blessed with thick thighs and killer calves, finding men’s pants that fit can be a real struggle. I mean, it’s not exactly a bad problem to have, but it’s difficult all the same. Luckily, the new wave of athletic jeans means it’s no longer a two-person job to squeeze yourself into denim. Designed
With its palm-fringed bays, shallow reefs and rustic rum bars, the Caribbean offers some of the world’s best tropical beach breaks. You’ll find thousands of beaches with clear waters and warm weather on these diverse islands, which extend in a chain from the southern tip of Florida to the northern coast of Venezuela. From St
Prince Harry’s favourability has fallen to an all-time low amongst Britons just one day ahead of the official release of his autobiography, Spare, new polling has found. Close to two-thirds (64 per cent) of Brits now have a negative view of Harry, and only a quarter (26 per cent) view him in a favourable light,
To remember is not just to recall a thing. Remembering can be a way of putting things back together, in the way that dis-membering is to take them apart. Kai Thomas’ stellar novel, In the Upper Country, is all about this sort of re-membering. It’s inspired by the true stories of formerly enslaved and freeborn
Known for his novels exploring the wintry, rural lands of the Northeast including Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, as well as his award-winning work Cloudsplitter, which followed the life of abolitionist John Brown, author Russell Banks was considered by many to follow in the footsteps of other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman.
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The new scheme, which will run until the end of March 2024, will be capped at £5.5bn – less than a third of the current £18bn cut-off. The announcement will help businesses locked into contracts signed before recent substantial falls in the wholesale price manage their costs. It will also provide security against the risk of
Rolls-Royce sold a record number of cars in 2022 as demand for its $500,000 vehicles remained strong, despite recession fears, according to CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos. “We haven’t seen any slowdown or downturn,” Muller-Otvos told CNBC. “We haven’t seen any negative impact.” Rolls-Royce delivered 6,021 cars last year, up 8% over 2021 and the first time
Deepfake technology has come a long way in the last few years. It was impressive (if mildly creepy) how well it worked originally, but now it can be legitimately difficult to tell when you’re looking at a deepfake if it’s real or not. And it turns out that when it comes to one particular Keanu
We are spoilt for choice when it comes to the Mediterranean. The islands and coastlines have a certain elemental beauty – think umbrella pines and herb-scented maquis, rocky promontories hugging glittering bays of blue, a nautical way of life that endures even as the boats get bigger – that can be glimpsed from Andalucia all
Changing consumer attitudes and a taste for new types of models are predicted to shake up the luxury yachting industry in 2023. At the start of the new year, we look ahead to this year’s anticipated trends. Living for Today The number of superyachts under construction has risen from 1,024 in 2022 to 1,203, making
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used a Dr. Dre song to tout her political prowess — but she didn’t have the green light for it … according to Dre himself. The Georgia lawmaker posted a highly-produced clip to her social feeds showing her strutting her stuff through the halls of Congress, apparently flexing the fact that
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Jami Attenberg (All This Could Be Yours) looks back on her years as a roaming artist in I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home. Attenberg has lived an uncompromising life as a writer, and she muses about her choices in this forthright memoir. Frequently crossing the country to promote her books,
Anytime I’m having trouble focusing on reading, I love to pick up a cozy fantasy book to reset. They’re just pure joy in book form. If you’re not familiar with the genre, welcome to your new favorite fantasy sub-genre. The concept was relatively new to me as well, though I quickly realized these sorts of
Press Release Orange Genie have surpassed their target to raise £10,000 for mental health charity Mind. United Kingdom, January 2023 – Orange Genie are delighted to announce that they have surpassed their fund-raising target of £10,000 for mental health charity Mind. Orange Genie have a long history of support for good causes, and in 2019
A Lululemon store in New York Scott Mlyn | CNBC Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Lululemon — Shares of the Canadian apparel company fell more than 10% after Lululemon lowered its gross margin guidance for the first quarter. The “athleisure” chain raised its net revenue guidance for the fourth quarter and
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is saying goodbye to Lisa Rinna, and her former co-star Erika Girardi has some things to say about it. Girardi opened up to TMZ about losing her friend on the show. Erika doesn’t believe anyone can replace Rinna on the Bravo reality series. “They can’t,” Girardi dished. “She’s the
Charities running community buildings face a fresh financial crunch in March when their energy deals change, research has warned. About half of community groups running village halls and other local buildings will have to renew their energy tariffs in two months’ time, the analysis says. But they still do not know what support will be
Tourists visit ice sculptures in Harbin, Heilongjiang province on New Year’s Day 2023. China News Service | VCG | Getty Images BEIJING — It’s going to take time for Chinese consumers to really start spending again, despite China’s abrupt shift toward reopening. About a month after Guangzhou city resumed in-store dining, local coffee shop owner
Reading the tea leaves with regard to China in 2023 is even more difficult than usual. The country’s about-face on its longstanding zero-Covid policy has implications from geopolitics to economics and, closer to home for Hollywood, the state of the market after a dismal 2022. Exactly what those implications are is where the guesswork comes