Recently, readers have been all a-flutter over the publication of Patrick Radden Keefe’s richly reported new book, London Falling. Reviews of the celebrated writer’s exploration of the death of an English teenager embroiled in the murky worlds of crime and the ultra-rich have been rapturous. The podcast interviews are plentiful and images of the fresh…
One lesson of the Democratic Senate primary in Maine is that no one should underestimate the white-hot fury of the party’s voters. In October, Graham Platner’s insurgent campaign appeared doomed. Janet Mills, Maine’s Democratic governor, had just entered the Senate primary race, reportedly at the urging of Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader. Then a…
If you believe getting stronger requires pushing yourself to the limit at the gym, new research suggests otherwise. Findings from Edith Cowan University (ECU) show that improving muscle size, strength, and performance does not depend on exhausting workouts or feeling sore afterward. “The idea that exercise must be exhausting or painful is holding people back,”…
The shortlist for this year’s Champions Cup player of the year award is an eyecatching one. There are five contenders and four of them – Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Finn Russell, Matthieu Jalibert and Caelan Doris – are established world-class operators. So who is the fifth Beatle? An uncapped Englishman who eats only toast on matchdays and…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deflected questions from Congress Wednesday on the future of the Iran war and attacked lawmakers who questioned the conflict’s purpose and goals, calling them “reckless, feckless and defeatist.” A hearing on the Pentagon’s $1.45 trillion budget request for fiscal 2027 became a hotly contested debate on Iran, with House Armed Services…
On the spring 2026 runways, skirts made their mark in various textures, shapes, and lengths. Most noteworthy was the return of the drop-waist, which found its place across multiple collections. At Tory Burch we saw low-waist, pencil-thin styles teamed up with polo knits and studded leather belts for an uptown-meets-downtown feel. Chanel reinterpreted its iconic…
“I don’t know when I read men any more”, the writer Zadie Smith told a literary festival audience on Sunday. “It does happen sometimes, but it’s completely flipped compared to the reading I did when I was young,” she continued. Smith – the author of novels including White Teeth and On Beauty – was speaking…
Addressing an audience at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, Adjoa Andoh acknowledged that some of her work might look “Black or colour-centric” but that is only because of the silos the world forces us into. She could just as easily be Leeds United football club-centric, she added. “I am missing two crucial matches to…
Urzila Carlson will always remember her first joke. She was eight years old and her parents were divorcing after years of abuse at the hands of her violent father. But in 1980s South Africa, divorce was scandalous – never mind that her father once hunted his own family with a handgun (they were whisked to…
I forgot four lemons and on several occasions I was like, I’m just going to go back, grab those four lemons and get the hell out. You should go to prison. I know you think they’re going to ban me. They should. They should throw you in jail. But I didn’t feel. I didn’t feel…
