• Scarborough-set musical love story is a triumph

    There is so much to be positive about the stage show written and produced by Steve Wallis, who moved to the town six years ago – based on his audiobook of the same name. It contains 11 narrated chapters with each chapter being complimented by its own song. In a nutshell – when hairdresser Hannah meets Lance Corporal Jack Webb in the summer of 2012 she is smitten. They enjoy a whirlwind four-week affair before Jack has to return to the Army to fight in the Afghan War. As she does for the...

  • The real Kerala story – without ‘love jihad’ fiction

    What is the real Kerala story? Perhaps it's a film which offers a slice of life from Malappuram, where a local Muslim family ends up nursing — and eventually caring for — a Nigerian football player with a broken leg who had been recruited for the wildly-popular sport of “sevens football”. Or maybe it’s the one about an impetuous young man and his “team” in a Christian community in Angamaly, which offers a glimpse into their life of petty crime and violence, with unforgettable depictions of the...

  • The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss

    When Doug and I began telling people about our relationship, the vast majority said, "We've been praying for you. We're so happy." But the other voices definitely left an impression. From a relationship standpoint I knew I was free, biblically and emotionally, to move forward, but I wasn't looking. There was no real desire in me for a relationship. I want to make that crystal clear. I wasn't looking and had no need to do so. So many people have judged my timeline from Marcus' death to my...

  • Dawn Staley ‘is Philadelphia’: Stories from the city that loves her back

    The Athletic has live coverage of in the women’s . CLEVELAND —Sometime in the next few days, if beats on Sunday afternoon for the national championship, Dawn Staley’s phone will almost certainly ping with a text from her former grassroots coach. Advertisement Mike Flynn thinks he has the perfect message to send his former point guard. He wants Staley to be ready for the ultimate Philly celebration should she cut down the nets in Cleveland. More specifically: He wants her to get a Mummers...

  • Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love

    A book its author 'would much rather not have needed to write' ranges far

  • Books beyond Bobst: A modern classic, a short story collection and more

    “The Bee Sting” by Paul Murray — Emily Genova, Deputy Managing Editor This nearly 700-page novel follows an Irish family as they reckon with a failing family-run car business in a small, gossipy town. Told in alternating points of view, Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting” drops the reader into the life of the Barnes family, This story Books beyond Bobst: A modern classic, a short story collection and more appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Morning Rundown: The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss

    Here's a quick rundown of the top stories on charismanews.com: The Supernatural Love Story of Joni Lamb and Doug Weiss When Doug and I began telling people about our relationship, the vast majority said, "We've been praying for you. We're so happy." But the other voices definitely left an impression. From a relationship standpoint I knew I was free, biblically and emotionally, to move forward, but I wasn't looking. There was no real desire in me for a relationship. I want to make that crystal...

  • Kerala church screens ‘The Kerala Story’ for minors to counter ‘love jihad’

    ‘Girls are being trapped in love and being used for anti-national activities including terrorism,’ said Father Jins Karakkatt of the Idukki Diocese.

  • Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's Love Story Will Truly Warm Your Blood

    True Blood fans are still licking their wounds over Sookie not ending up with Bill (or any other creature of the night, vampire or werewolf). But surely they find great solace in the fact that

  • TCL's first original movie is an absurd-looking, AI-generated love story

    Many major tech companies, particularly those that operate in the TV hardware business, have dipped their toes into original content. Although it's had its own free, ad-supported TV (FAST) channels for a while, TCL is late to that party. Not for much longer though, as the company is set to release its first special, a short romance movie, on TCLtv+ this summer. There's just one slight hitch: TCL is using generative AI to make original content for its platform, and early signs do not bode well....

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris – an extraordinary story of an extraordinary love – book review –

    For three years before his death in 2006, Lale Sokolov poured out his incredible and heartbreaking account of life and love in the Auschwitz concentration camp to New Zealand-born author Heather Morris a tale of the best and worst of humanity, and one that he had kept hidden for 60 years. It’s a story that Morris brought to the world in 2018 as The Tattooist of Auschwitz, a remarkable novel that has been loved by over 13 million readers across the world and is soon to be a major Sky Original TV...

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris – an extraordinary story of an extraordinary love – book review –

    For three years before his death in 2006, Lale Sokolov poured out his incredible and heartbreaking account of life and love in the Auschwitz concentration camp to New Zealand-born author Heather Morris a tale of the best and worst of humanity, and one that he had kept hidden for 60 years. It’s a story that Morris brought to the world in 2018 as The Tattooist of Auschwitz, a remarkable novel that has been loved by over 13 million readers across the world and is soon to be a major Sky Original TV...