A day with some blind and partially sighted walkers has shown me how much I barely notice – and how hard it is to find the right wordsHow many shades of green are there? Whatever the answer may be, I soon ran out of words to describe them. I was walking north along the Grand Union canal, trying and failing to adequately describe what I could see, to a friend who couldn’t. This was Dave Heeley, ultra-runner, who in 2008 became the first blind person to run seven marathons on seven continents in...
HBO’s The Sympathizer enters the television lineup with two strikes against it. In the first place, the limited series’s 2015 source novel, by Viet Thanh Nguyen, was among the worst Pulitzer Prize winners in recent memory, a geopolitical navel-gazer that “thrilled” flattering book critics’ voguish anti-Westernism. In the second, the show’s conceit has already been […]
Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of them in the past few years, including “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency” (signed by 15,000 of them), “Scientists’ Warning Against the Society of Waste,” “Scientists’ Warning of an Imperiled Ocean,” “Scientists’ Warning on Technology,” “Scientists’ More
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Monday emphasized the need for "consequences" against those involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University. "I mean there are consequences to actions. That's what some of these folks don't seem to understand. You can't call for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just
The long-awaited foreign aid package is now in the hands of the Senate. Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins The Weekend to discuss whether Democrats might save Speaker Mike Johnson’s job after the House passed a series of bills sending military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
U.S. global influence is declining under President Joe Biden, whose presidency is a continuation of Obama's policies, according to Congressman Keith Self.
A food historian has kicked up controversy after claiming that there is ‘no such thing’ as Italian cuisine, sparking debate over the origins and ownership of food. But perhaps we should reconsider our ideas about so-called ‘national dishes’, suggests Hannah Twiggs
Tim Means has urged Dana White to keep the same lucrative bonuses adopted at UFC 300. UFC 300 was a record-breaking event and became one of the highest grossing events in history, including bringin
Swallows, cuckoos, curlews – so many species have dwindled or disappeared
OPINION: I've been a "PlayStation gamer" since around halfway through the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation when I decided to ditch my 360 for Sony's offering. But, like many I suspect, I'm questioning the value that the PlayStation 5 offers. I don't know what may finally make me switch, but it won't be Steam coming to Xbox. To varying levels, it feels like I've spent the last year or so pondering if it's time to switch from PlayStation to Xbox. I'm in the enviable position of having an Xbox Series...
When Lauren Nelson returned home from a trip to Portugal in 2022, she was “on cloud nine.” It hadn’t been any regular holiday — she had just gotten married. She and her new husband, Darragh, as well as their young daughter, were celebrating the perfect week away when they found a lump on his bicep.
“We want to spread Japanese authenticity, which is so popular in the US,” Tak Niinami, chief executive officer of Suntory Holdings, said in a phone interview.