Memoir, cultural history and bleak humour characterise this brilliant personal exploration of health anxietyCaroline Crampton was 17 and midway through her A-levels when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer. When the diagnosis was delivered in the consultant’s office, her mother fainted, quietly sliding off her chair and on to the floor. After months of gruelling treatment, Crampton was given the all-clear and went to university as planned. But in her first...
Repairable electronics pioneer shows noise-cancelling Bluetooth earbuds do not have to be disposableFairphone, the repairable and ethical electronics pioneer, is back with a pair of some of the first Bluetooth earbuds to make it so easy and cheap to replace their batteries that you can do it at home in minutes.Bluetooth earbuds have become a ubiquitous part of life, driven by the success of Apple’s AirPods. Until now they have all compromised on sustainability by being very difficult to repair,...
Soon after Russian tanks crashed into Ukraine, Michael Lockshin realized he was making a dangerous movie. The director had spent 69 days, and $15 million, filming "The Master and Margarita" in Russia and Croatia, and now he was in Los Angeles beginning postproduction. With just one previous feature to his name, Lockshin had been entrusted with a cultural treasure — adapting a complicated modernist novel as beloved to Russians as "The Catcher in the Rye" is to Americans. He’d co-written the...
“Ed Ruscha / Now Then,” the sprawling and much-anticipated retrospective of the great American Pop and Conceptual artist, opens Sunday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I am happy to report that the exhibition stinks. I mean that in a good way. When it had its debut at the Museum of Modern Art in New York last fall, the otherwise engrossing, beautifully orchestrated presentation suffered only one significant flaw. “Chocolate Room,” Ruscha’s 1970 contribution to the Venice Biennale, wasn’t...
The Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies squared battle in Tennessee on Friday night.Despite the tight nature of the game, the Lakers prevailed 123–120. In 41 minutes of action, four-time NBA champion LeBron James led the way with 37 points, nine rebounds, five assists, two steals, a 13/20 shooting percentage, and a 3/7 three-point shooting …
C.L.A.R.O, a political group in Orihuela Costa, recently reviewed investment plans for 2024. These plans, proposed by the Popular Party-Vox coalition government, are likely to be approved soon. C.L.A.R.O praised the government for presenting a budget, the first since 2018, with a €40 million increase in spending compared to 2018. The extra money, borrowed within […]
In his straightforward, easy-prose rewrite of "Finn," Everett grants us immediate access to that familiar time and place, right before the Civil War, when it was terrifying to be a Black person in Missouri, racially offensive language and all.
In his straightforward, easy-prose rewrite of "Finn," Everett grants us immediate access to that familiar time and place, right before the Civil War, when it was terrifying to be a Black person in Missouri, racially offensive language and all.
In his straightforward, easy-prose rewrite of "Finn," Everett grants us immediate access to that familiar time and place, right before the Civil War, when it was terrifying to be a Black person in Missouri, racially offensive language and all.
In his straightforward, easy-prose rewrite of "Finn," Everett grants us immediate access to that familiar time and place, right before the Civil War, when it was terrifying to be a Black person in Missouri, racially offensive language and all.
Back in 2010, LeBron James famously became a free agent for the first time and signed with the Miami Heat. Prior to James’ infamous “The Decision,” in which he revealed in a nationally televised program that he was “taking his talents to South Beach” to join forces with fellow All-Stars Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. […]
UFC legend Conor McGregor insists he has no intention of retiring any time soon. ‘Notorious’ is currently preparing to make his long-awaited return to the octagon this summer after spen