In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle reviews a forty-year-old book debunking various widely held beliefs Last year, I reviewed a fascinating book, The dictionary of misinformation , written by a professor of English named Tom Burnam and published in 1975. Although it’s now out of print, you can pick up
Beyond his original music, Famba’s work as a producer and remixer has also been gaining attention. He co-produced Ria Mae’s “Too Close,” a song that reached #14 on Canada’s Billboard Hot 100, and the Radio mix of Tyler Shaw’s “To the Man Who Let Her Go,” which reached #5 on Billboard Canada’s AC chart. As a remixer,
Microblogging platform Twitter has returned to more conventional forms of censorship by removing accounts found to be part of state-linked information operations. In an announcement titled Disclosing networks of state-linked information operations we’ve removed, Twitter revealed that is had permanently removed 32,242 accounts if determined to be run by foreign governments to further their dastardly
Do you think the NBA season will resume? If you ask me that question right now, I’ll say yeah. That’s what’s been reported. It feels like a fluid situation. As far as I know, we’re playing. How did you initially feel about the news that Portland would be heading to Orlando, and what do you
Photography by Nick Merzetti.The designer has moved to seasonless collections, and is using off-cut materials to make face masks. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date June 12, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter “I’ve been trying to talk to and motivate other people that this is a good change. We really needed this pause; why don’t you just try
Muslim pilgrims wear masks at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on February 28, 2020. Saudi Arabia suspended visas for visits to Islam’s holiest sites for the “umrah” pilgrimage, an unprecedented move triggered by coronavirus fears that raises questions over the annual hajj. ABDEL GHANI BASHIR | AFP | Getty Images
Lucasfilm has announced its latest Star Wars novel, From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back. The anthology book will take a look at the middle entry in the original trilogy which, for many, remains the single greatest movie in the history of the franchise. But borrowing from the famous line uttered by
Exclusive Stassi Schroeder is feeling the fallout after losing her ”Vanderpump Rules” gig due to alleged racist behavior — ’cause now her revived speaking tour’s hit a speed bump. The reality TV star’s “Straight Up with Stassi LIVE” roadshow — which is based on her podcast and began in late 2019 — was set to
Breaking News “The Bachelor” finally has an African-American male calling the rose ceremony shots — Matt James is the show’s next leading man. ABC made the announcement Friday morning, saying it’s “privileged to have Matt” as the first black Bachelor. Saying it’s been a longtime coming is an understatement … it hadn’t happened in 40
There are many obstacles en route to releasing your first album, but vandalizing a cemetery is not one you often hear. Mexico metal outfit Thunderslave were recently dropped from their label and their debut album pulled from the release schedule after video of members of the band wreaking havoc on tombstones, mausoleums and crosses at
June 12, 2020, 10:09am I am all for more silliness in literature, so I was absolutely delighted by the announcement that Hilary Mantel’s forthcoming collection of essays, book reviews, and memoir, which will be published in October by 4th Estate Books and the London Review of Books, has the absolutely legendary title Mantel Pieces. With a few
(CNN) — If someone would have told me that I would travel to Thailand in the spring of 2019 and leave three months later having worked on a Spike Lee film with “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, I would’ve cackled at the absurdity. I’d like to think travelers experience some degree of luck on their
Capcom, the Japanese video game developer, has announced that its Resident Evil series has crossed the 100 million units sold mark globally. The franchise that started in 1996 and hooked fans with its survival horror mechanics has now become the first franchise for the company to reach this milestone. In its press release, Capcom states
Surfrider Hotel Malibu After months of uncertainty, a growing number of popular destinations are beginning to ease lockdown measures, reopen borders, and move toward welcoming tourists back. And with regional travel predicted to be one of the first sectors to recover – thanks to their typically intimate size with anywhere from 10 to 100 rooms
The general public is angry with authority today and it appears Amazon is attempting to capitalise on this sentiment with a shallow PR stunt. Earlier this week, IBM made a very powerful statement. It would indefinitely halt the development and commercialisation of all facial recognition technologies. The dangers of this technology are too great, therefore
It was the latter that made him move to New York from Texas, where he grew up, and where Majors – like so many other young Black men who grew up there – was given “the talk”. “And the talk is, essentially, ‘Son, you’ve got to be twice as careful, right? And get home for
Cue: creativity, versatility and much more. By Natasha Bruno Date June 11, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Design by Danielle Campbell Welcome to Texture Talk, a weekly column that celebrates and deep dives into the dynamic world of curly hair, from crowns of curls that are free flowing to strands that are tucked away in a protective
A trader, center, wears a Citigroup jacket while working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Here are the companies making headlines in midday trading. Citigroup, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan — Bank stocks fell on Thursday as Treasury yields dipped and investors digested forecasts from the Federal