Twenty years ago, I published Taking Back the Vote: Getting American Youth Involved in Our Democracy. The book grew out of a personal passion: Once my oldest child was able to cast a ballot, I became fascinated with the potential and obstacles facing our youngest voters. I delved into the lengthy and messy midcentury struggle to pass the 26th Amendment, extending the franchise to 18-year-olds. The first bill to lower the voting age was introduced in Congress during World War II—why should young...
Goalkeepers will be punished if they hold the ball for longer than eight seconds. We now know which leagues can trial this rule in a bid to tackle time-wasting. Liverpool have been 'hungover' since Man United dumped them out of the FA Cup - where has their energy gone?
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Few followers of cinema could dispute the influence of Francis Ford Coppola, the director of such cinematic masterworks as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now. But when Eleanor Coppola, who sadly passed away yesterday, set her camera on the action behind the scenes of Apocalypse Now, she would lay the foundation for a film that I
Will Young has revealed he considered breaking his own leg with a sledgehammer to get out of BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2016. The singer, 45, has candidly spoken about suffering panic attacks “24 hours a day” before he pulled out of the competition. Speaking to Elizabeth Day on Wednesday’s (24 April) How to Fail podcast, the Pop Idol winner described the drastic action he almost took as he thought he “wouldn’t get in trouble” for the physical ailment. “I thought mental health no-one’s gonna...
Young Jonn made his mark in the music industry as a producer, and now, he’s ready to take over as a recording artist. Boasting 1.5 million followers on Instagram alone, Young Jonn aka The Wicked Producer has stolen the hearts of many in his home country of Nigeria. His ability to create a hit record […] The post Nigerian Artist Young Jonn Remembers Watching Michael Jackson On VHS Tapes first appeared on The Source.
The latest Neil Gaiman story about two ghosts on the run has spells, shenanigans and supernatural horrors galore. It’s impossible not to be entertained by such escapist adventures Given the amount of exposition clunked out, the first episode of Dead Boy Detectives sure is confusing. But I think I have it worked out. There are two boys – best friends Charles (Jayden Revri) and Edwin (George Rexstrew). They are both dead – lippy Charles carked it in the 1980s, stiffly Edwardian Edwin in 1916....
Signs at Columbia University read “Go Back to Poland,” calling for the Jewish community to return to the horrific death camps of the Holocaust.
Trump’s posts on Truth Social and polling elsewhere suggest young voters may well respond strongly to a TikTok sale or ban. Meanwhile, former Trump administration treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has expressed interest in purchasing the company
Welcome to episode three of Booky, your new friendly snob free podcast for chatting to authors of all genres about writing, reading and the high and lows of their careers. So far on this series we’ve chatted to the wonderful best-selling author Milly Johnson and also political speech writer turned author of 100 books - Jo Nadin. Make sure to download those - and get comfy with a brew. Today’s guest on Booky is crime and thriller writer Will Carver. He’s the international bestselling author of...
Welcome to episode three of Booky, your new friendly snob free podcast for chatting to authors of all genres about writing, reading and the high and lows of their careers. So far on this series we’ve chatted to the wonderful best-selling author Milly Johnson and also political speech writer turned author of 100 books - Jo Nadin. Make sure to download those - and get comfy with a brew. Today’s guest on Booky is crime and thriller writer Will Carver. He’s the international bestselling author of...