Alice McDermott, 70, writer
There are three kinds of novels I’ve never taken to heart: science fiction, murder mysteries and novels about novelists. So I’ve decided to try my hand at each. If I fail, they’re probably not books I’d want to read anyway.
Thurston Moore, 65, musician and author
I’m putting the final touches on a new album, “Flow Critical Lucidity.” But after my memoir, “Sonic Life” (2023), came out, I realized my next mission was a novella, the
Tesco has now been hit by an IT meltdown just hours after Sainsbury’s customers were stopped from using contactless payment at the tills on one of the busiest shopping days of the week.
The Every Little Helps grocer has cancelled some home deliveries today due a ‘technical issue’, a spokesperson told MailOnline, in a situation echoing the online shopping chaos experienced by rival Sainsbury’s this morning.
Tesco did not specify how widespread the issue is, but dozens of Tesco customers
The court is fundamentally antidemocratic—and the only way to limit the damage it can do is to reduce its power, budget, and lack of accountability.
Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., on October 7, 2022.
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When Republican politicians try to take away abortion rights, they often lose. They lose special elections and ballot initiatives and maybe even presidential
Frombork is a small, quiet town perched on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon in northern Poland.
Fishermen keep their boats in a cozy port. In the summer, a ferry shuttles passengers across the bay to the narrow slip of land called the Vistula Split, famous for white sandy beaches on the Baltic Sea coast.
Up on a hill, overlooking the bay, sits an impressive medieval cathedral and castle complex constructed entirely of red brick.
Port of Frombork, Poland (Danuta
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In its earliest decades, the United States was celebrated for its citizens’ extroversion. Americans weren’t just setting out to build new churches and new cities. Their associations were, as Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, “of a thousand different types … religious, moral, serious, futile, very general and very limited, immensely large and very minute.” Americans seemed adept at forming
It was one of the biggest health fads of the past decade. But has the vegan bubble finally burst?
Sales of plant-based options have fallen, pushing companies like Linda McCartney, Quorn and Tofoo into scaling back their product lines.
In a sign the millennial-driven obsession with veganism was starting to falter, Pret A Manger closed half of its vegetarian and vegan-only stores in December, admitting many customers don’t see themselves as ‘full-time veggies’.
Nestle then joined in, pulling two of
They’ve had little success. A recent divestment bill that would have directed managers of California’s public pension and teachers’ retirement funds to stop investing in the 200 largest oil, gas and coal companies failed in the Legislature for the second year in a row. State pension funds have an estimated $14.8 billion invested in fossil fuel companies that are driving the climate crisis.
SB 252 would require the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System to
Larry Lamb revealed he gave up drinking alcohol as his hangovers got worse with age.
The former EastEnders actor opened up about his past habits in a new interview as the on-screen star admitted he had to “knock it on the head”.
“I gave it up because the hangovers started to get so intense. I thought, ‘I’m not doing this any more.’ That was it. I just knocked it on the head,” he told Radio Times. “It was no big
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Church attendance in America has been on the decline in recent decades. Are Americans losing their ability to incorporate religion—or any kind of intentional community—into their lives?
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:
How American Life Works
“Take a drive
Tesla has had a red-carpet welcome from India for its proposal to invest in the country, while its largest rival in electric vehicles, China’s BYD, has been stopped cold by increased scrutiny from New Delhi.
The result could be an opening for Tesla to negotiate terms for an entry to the world’s third-largest auto market without the competitive threat from BYD that it faces in other emerging markets, like Thailand.
“The future of who wins in India will have some
