‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars | Books

‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars | Books

Isaac Butler is limbering up for an event at Politics and Prose, an independent bookshop and venerable Washington institution, but still has time to explain his arm tattoos. They variously depict: a... Read more »
‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars | Books

Nine out of ten bestselling novels in UK have one thing in common: a woman is murdered | Books

Nine of the 10 bestselling fiction paperbacks in the UK this week have one thing in common: a woman is murdered. The novels, which appear on this week’s Sunday Times bestseller list,... Read more »
The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity | Essays

The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity | Essays

In 1988, the late Ghanaian writer and filmmaker Kwesi Owusu edited Storms of the Heart: An Anthology of Black Arts & Culture, a collection of writings and images by Black artists in... Read more »
Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training | Books

Book publishers sue Google for copyright infringement over Gemini AI training | Books

A group of major publishers have filed a lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of illegally using millions of copyrighted books to help build its Gemini artificial intelligence models, in “one of... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 14th

Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 14th

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Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan review – a chef’s elegy to London | Fiction

Goodbye Chinatown by Kit Fan review – a chef’s elegy to London | Fiction

Amber Fan, the 22-year-old protagonist of Kit Fan’s heartfelt and elegiac second novel, is ready to say goodbye. Goodbye to her parents, who are booked on the midnight flight from London to... Read more »
The Art of Opposition by Courttia Newland review – piercing essays on culture and creativity | Essays

The Brexit Effect, 2016-2026 edited by Anthony Seldon review – life without EU | History books

This massive collection of essays by 43 different authors, including seven lords, four baronesses, one dame and three knights of the realm, may be the nearest we will ever get to a... Read more »
‘People are picking the dumbest fights’: the tortured history of America’s culture wars | Books

Chatsworth House pilots ‘community membership’ free entry scheme | Heritage

When Kate, a 47-year-old contract worker came face to face with Charlotte Brontë’s handwriting while visiting Chatsworth House, the avid reader, who counts Jane Eyre as her favourite book, struggled to contain... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Monday, July 13th

Daily Cartoon: Monday, July 13th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. Source link Read more »
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