Month: February 2023

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Ray Bradbury’s classic short story ‘The Veldt’ (1952) is about a nursery in an automated home in which a simulation of the African veldt is conjured by some children. In a grim development, the lions which appear in the nursery start to feel rather more real than merely ‘simulated’
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Blumarine Spring 2023 Campaign. Photography by Petra CollinsIs it truly better down where it’s wetter? These designers think so. By Annika Lautens Date February 23, 2023 Facebook Twitter When I was four, my life’s goal was to be a mermaid. Well, technically a “fairy princess mermaid,” but then again, I’ve always been a bit of
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TODAY: In 1852, Nikolai Gogol burns some of his manuscripts, including most of the second part of Dead Souls, telling acquaintances the action is a practical joke played on him by the Devil. He takes to his bed and dies a few days later.   Also on Lit Hub: Lynn Cullen on Dorothy Horstman, the
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Even if you haven’t heard of vetiver, there’s little doubt that this complex fragrance note has stealthily caught the attention of your nostrils. Vetiver has been a major player in men’s luxury fragrances for a long time thanks to its classic masculine properties but – such is its charm – it’s now estimated to be
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Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin star in the fourth and final season of Succession.Courtesy of Claudette Barius for HBO. Creator Jesse Armstrong confirmed the Roy family saga will come to an end sooner than we expected. By Frazier Tharpe February 23, 2023 The end’s not near, it’s here. While Succession creator Jesse Armstrong
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