We’re always urged to be doing something like learning Mandarin or leaping on one of those stationary bikes in front of a screen to be hectored by a man shouting, “I see you, Berkhamstead! Keep it going Airdrie! Get your glutes ripped to the max, brother!” Not entirely sure anyone in Airdrie has ripped glutes. Even to the max. We used to be good at taking a moment for ourselves. Take windae hingin’, a great and honourable tradition in Scotland. The simple act of sticking your head out the...
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When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes – like the rights for same-sex couples to have sex and marry. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life. This is what happened after the Arizona Supreme Court...
While the real world was still bombing itself to oblivion last week, I found myself reading up on the exploits of a freshly released British-born American art dealer called Indigo Philbrick, who has just spent time in a low-security federal prison in Philadelphia. This was for the largest art fraud ever committed in US history. More
Long ago Pioche, Nevada was known as one of the toughest towns in the west. But even as the old mining heydays dried up, people still needed to have a little fun. Now, there is an effort is underway to bring the only theatre in Lincoln County back to life.
Douglas Wallace was on a research ship in the middle of Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence when he heard the news: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau had met with Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, in nearby Stephenville, Newfoundland. At their
BDG's chief content officer Emma Rosenblum wants to take a realistic approach to operating a print magazine in 2024.
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Hearts management attached real significance to Saturday’s 2-1 win at St Mirren because they felt it answered many criticisms levelled at their team. Jorge Grant’s penalty and a Mikael Mandron own goal gave the visitors a hard-earned victory in Paisley as they battled tenaciously for three points. Head coach Steven Naismith pointed to his side’s aggression and appetite for the fight as key factors in the result. With Storm Kathleen taking hold in Scotland, blustery winds made free-flowing...
NEWS BRIEF: US broadcast network CBS has renewed The Good Wife spin-off Elsbeth for a second season, produced by CBS Studios and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution. The series, based
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominally resigned from the KGB with the rank of lieutenant colonel. But he never really left the KGB.
NEWS BRIEF: Disney-owned US broadcaster network ABC has renewed cop drama The Rookie for a seventh season. Season six premiered in February, starring Nathan Fillion, Mekia Cox and Alyssa Diaz. Alexi Ha