‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs | Books

‘There is a moment of clarity that life would be better without alcohol’: what we can learn from addiction memoirs | Books

On the night of Boxing Day 2021, my dad’s body was found near a Cardiff hostel. His death, at 55, was as sudden as it was not. For years, alcoholism had been... Read more »
Six great reads: Mondrian’s hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry | Greenland

Six great reads: Mondrian’s hidden inspiration, the friendship secret and heat for Heated Rivalry | Greenland

1. How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory ‘Trump’s Greenland concept was never absurd – it was strategic,’ Lauder wrote. Photograph: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu/Getty Images “One... Read more »
This month’s best paperbacks: Anne Tyler, Jason Allen-Paisant and more | Anne Tyler

This month’s best paperbacks: Anne Tyler, Jason Allen-Paisant and more | Anne Tyler

Memoir A Jamaican childhood The Possibility of Tenderness Jason Allen-Paisant The Possibility of Tenderness Jason Allen-Paisant A Jamaican childhood Go these days to any independent bookshop or art gallery or zine fair,... Read more »
Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books | Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books | Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country’s penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Friday, January 16th

Daily Cartoon: Friday, January 16th

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Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between? | Fiction

Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray review – friends, lovers or something in between? | Fiction

Australian author Madeleine Gray’s award-winning debut novel Green Dot was a smart, funny tale of a doomed office affair. Her new novel, Chosen Family, is a smart, funny tale of a complicated,... Read more »
Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector | Nigeria

Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector | Nigeria

Nigerians have called for urgent reforms to the healthcare sector after the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 21-month-old son prompted an outpouring of grief and accounts of negligence and inadequate care. In... Read more »
This month’s best paperbacks: Anne Tyler, Jason Allen-Paisant and more | Anne Tyler

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, January 15th

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Death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s son prompts calls for overhaul of Nigeria’s healthcare sector | Nigeria

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald audiobook review – a soaring journey through grief | Books

It is coming up to 12 years since the publication of H Is for Hawk, about the historian, writer and naturalist Helen Macdonald’s time spent training a Eurasian goshawk after an intense... Read more »
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