In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle analyses the comic genius of Dickens in one of his less well-known novel Dombey and Son is some way from being Charles Dickens’s most popular novel. Indeed, of his fifteen full-length novels, it’s probably down there at the bottom, alongside Barnaby Rudge. The last
The UK’s first “COVID-compliant” rave went down over the weekend in the Nottingham forest with regulations put in place to help keep dance fans safe. According to reports, a socially distanced crowd was enforced at the open-air event. Face masks and hand sanitizer were handed out to all. DJ equipment was routinely disinfected and staff
Is the Candyman reboot coming premiering in theaters and VOD this September? The movie was supposed to hit theaters next Friday, but the release date has been pushed to September due to the world’s current state of affairs. Studios have had to take nearly all of 2020’s movies from earlier this year and push them
Exclusive The “Grown-ish” family is looking after one of their own … setting up a college fund for the daughter of late “Twilight” actor Gregory Tyree Boyce. The sitcom has launched a GoFundMe for Gregory’s 10-year-old daughter, Alaya, and the proceeds will be saved for her future college tuition. Gregory’s father, Deon Boyce, is an
In This Moment‘s latest album Mother is packed with appearances from special guests from Lzzy Hale to Taylor Momsen. Two less-obvious guests are frontwoman Maria Brink‘s mothers, particularly on the song “Mother.” “All those harmonies you hear in the back, that’s them singing,” Brink confirmed in an interview with Loudwire Nights. “My one mother plays guitar acoustic
China said Facebook was unfairly targeting its biggest media companies on Friday after the network began attaching disclaimers to pages run by the country’s state-controlled news outlets. Pages managed by news agency Xinhua and the fiery nationalist tabloid Global Times are now labelled “China state-controlled media”, after a policy change by the world’s largest social
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are remembering Breonna Taylor on what would have been her birthday … had she not been fatally shot by cops in Kentucky. The famous pals got together Friday afternoon and headed into downtown L.A. to honor Breonna, who should be celebrating her 27th today. They left rose bouquets in front
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Thomas Neubauer, VP of Innovation and Business Development at Teoco, urges operators to consider the potential of BVOS drones. Operators may not yet be experts in aviation, but they need to start thinking about managing and
On Tuesday evening, as a large group of peaceful protesters marched over the Manhattan Bridge, members of the New York Police Department parked on opposite ends of the span, trapping 5,000 people over the water for nearly an hour. The night before, in Dallas, police officers corralled protesters on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge before
Photography by Justin Aranha.“It’s time for a call to action,” says the innovator at two community-focused platforms. By Odessa Paloma Parker Date June 5, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter “I’m a creative problem solver,” says Summer Ruddock-Ellis, the Toronto-based founder of second-hand retail and editorial platform Pseudonym and partner in 4ye, the entertainment-meets-fashion hub with a robust
An Airbus A330neo commercial passenger aircraft takes off in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, July 10, 2018. Regis Duvignau | Reuters For the second time in the last four months, Airbus has recorded zero orders for new airplanes. The European plane manufacturer recorded no new orders in May as the company adjusts to the harsh reality
June 5, 2020, 12:46pm Yesterday, riding my much-cheaper-than-a-Peloton bike and bobbing to Killer Mike and El-P on Run The Jewels 4, you could say I was in a mood. On the heels of Killer Mike’s speech in response to the George Floyd protests in Atlanta, some people are already calling the newly released album the anthem
June 5 would have been Breonna Taylor’s 27th birthday. Would have been. On March 13, the 26-year-old EMT was killed by Louisville, KY police in her home as she slept, after they broke down her door in an attempted drug sting. (According to CNN, police said an unidentified man was shipping drugs to Taylor’s apartment to
(CNN) — When the world is feeling just too much, imagine how great it would be to start afresh. If you can pool together $7 million with a syndicate of business-savvy friends (and have a few “rainy day” millions in your back pocket), building your own utopia could now become a reality. A rare opportunity
During the COVID-19 quarantine, hotels in Key West were ordered to close during the third week of March as a safety precaution to visitors. On June 1, 2020, Ocean Key Resort & Spa opened its doors, offering a luxurious oceanfront experience between Key West Harbor and Mallory Square. Of all hotels in Key West, Ocean
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) wrote ‘This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison’ in 1797. The poem has a curious origin in an incident involving spilt milk; there may be no use crying over spilt milk, but there is something to be said for writing great poetry about it. ‘This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison’, written in blank verse,
Kanye West has remained uncharacteristically silent amid the Black Lives Matter movement, but actions speak louder than words… West has reportedly donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor for legal fees amid the ongoing police brutality protests. He has also set up a college savings fund for Floyd’s 6-year-old
Long before Disney took over ABC and Lucasfilm, a made-for-television movie centered on the Ewoks was produced. The Ewok Adventure premiered in 1984 on ABC and was later shown on the big screen overseas under the title Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure. And in 1985, Ewoks: The Battle of Endor was released. While these