The Long Form by Kate Briggs review motherhood and meaning
Posted on June 9, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
FictionReviewA day in the life of a mother and her newborn baby unfurls an investigation into how we find structure and meaning in the world – and in the novel It’s useful for a critic to be met, every so often, with a novel that gently, determinedly, requests a purity of care from the person holding it. Kate Briggs’s debut work of fiction is one such novel.
It concerns many things: centrally, a spring day in the lives of Helen and her newborn baby, Rose, after a sleepless night.
[Read More]Weevil wheeze: staying alive by feigning death
Posted on June 9, 2024
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| Brenda Moya
Vine weevils ‘play possum’ to avoid further interest from predators. Photograph: Phil GatesVine weevils ‘play possum’ to avoid further interest from predators. Photograph: Phil GatesCountry diaryInsectsThorsgill wood, Teesdale At the first touch of my fingers the vine weevil fell to the ground and pretended to be dead
The vine weevil must have crawled on to my sleeve when I sat down among the fading primroses to re-tie my bootlace. At the first touch of my fingers it fell to the ground and pretended to be dead.
[Read More]Drugs, sex and killings: six explosive revelations from Prince Harrys book
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Christie Applegate
The ObserverPrince HarryThe early Spanish publication of the memoir reveals a scuffle with William and lost virginity behind a pub
1. Dog bowl fightThe Duke of Sussex alleges he scuffled with his brother at his home in Nottingham Cottage in 2019 when the Prince of Wales called his wife Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”. “Everything happened so fast. Really, really fast. He grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor … I fell on top of the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces of it cutting into me.
[Read More]How to... tell someone off without losing your cool | Work & careers
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
Work & careersHow to... tell someone off without losing your coolThere's no need for a public slanging match - keep it privateThere are only two ways to make telling someone off an easy experience. Either pick someone who is at least 20 years younger and a foot shorter than yourself, or delegate the responsibility for the telling off to someone else.
Having to tick off a team member is one of the most difficult aspects of being a young manager Yet it is a situation that crops up all too often.
[Read More]News is bad for you and giving up reading it will make you happier
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
MediaNews is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogetherIn the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognised the hazards of living with an overabundance of food (obesity, diabetes) and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar is to the body.
[Read More]People who are just like me will not be able to vote. Thats nuts: Virginia to see first Bla
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Merlyn Hunt
Don L Scott Jr will become the first Black speaker of the Virginia house of delegates on 10 January 2024. Photograph: Steve Helber/APDon L Scott Jr will become the first Black speaker of the Virginia house of delegates on 10 January 2024. Photograph: Steve Helber/APVirginiaDemocrat Don L Scott Jr has come back from a felony conviction 30 years ago to lead the state legislature and fight for his constituents
Five years ago, while working on a high-profile case, the trial lawyer Don L Scott Jr received a call from a reporter.
[Read More]The Best Painting of ... hunters at night | Art
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
Jonathan Jones on artArtThe Best Painting of ... hunters at nightToday I launch the first of several serials on my blog. The Best Painting of ... takes one painting that I argue is the best of all time of some specific subject or theme (eg the best sunrise, the best painting of a British man o' war being tugged to its last resting place ... ) and, of course, I welcome debate on my selection.
[Read More]Unseen CS Lewis letter defines his notion of joy | CS Lewis
Posted on June 8, 2024
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| Delta Gatti
CS Lewis This article is more than 9 years oldUnseen CS Lewis letter defines his notion of joyThis article is more than 9 years oldAuthor of spiritual memoir Surprised By Joy tells correspondent that joy is ‘almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony’
A letter from CS Lewis which was discovered inside a secondhand book sees the author writing of how “real joy … jumps under ones ribs and tickles down one’s back and makes one forget meals and keeps one (delightedly) sleepless o’ nights”.
[Read More]Belle Gibson: wellness blogger's mum says cancer story was just a 'white lie' | Australia news
Posted on June 7, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
Australia news This article is more than 8 years oldBelle Gibson: wellness blogger's mum says cancer story was just a 'white lie'This article is more than 8 years oldNatalie Dal-Bello says people are allowed to ‘tell little porky pies’ as she attempts a reconciliation with her daughter and grandson
The mother of the disgraced wellness blogger Belle Gibson has declared people are allowed to “tell little porky pies” as she attempted a reconciliation with her daughter and grandson.
[Read More]College professor charged in Jewish mans death at Israel-Palestine protest | Los Angeles
Posted on June 7, 2024
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| Barrett Giampaolo
Los Angeles This article is more than 2 months oldCollege professor charged in Jewish man’s death at Israel-Palestine protestThis article is more than 2 months oldLoay Abdelfattah Alnaji charged with involuntary manslaughter of Paul Kessler, who died from head injury at LA demonstration
A college professor was arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery in connection with the death of a Jewish protester following an altercation at a protest over the Israel-Hamas war in southern California.
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