Moonglow by Michael Chabon review much more than a memoir
Book of the dayMichael ChabonReviewIn a bold, rich return to form, the author explores the boundaries of fact and fiction through a ‘real-life story’When an author you love writes a book you really don’t, it can feel like an act of personal betrayal. Michael Chabon’s best novels – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, as well as his underrated debut, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, are among the most luminous and finely crafted books of recent decades.
Stories II by TC Boyle review
BooksReviewBrilliance is undermined by haste in TC Boyle's collected storiesTC Boyle is a machine. At 915 pages, Stories II brings together the three short-story collections he has produced in the last 12 years, plus a brand new 14-story collection. This, combined with his first Collected Stories of 1998, takes his short-story page count to more than 1,600. That's in addition to the indefatigable US writer's 14 novels. In his preface to Stories II, Boyle states that for him "
The Beatles: Revolver Special Edition (Super Deluxe) review experimental genius in real time
The BeatlesReview(Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol/UMe)
New details tease out songs’ deeper meanings and reveal their transformational journeys in this expanded, remixed and remastered album
The Beatles’ career has been so exhaustively documented, chronicled and bootlegged, it can feel as if there aren’t many surprises left to uncover. But the footage in Peter Jackson’s recent documentary on the band, Get Back, certainly proved that assumption wrong … particularly the mind-blowing jam session where the band conjure the documentary’s title track out of thin air.
The curse of the Nile | Khaled Diab
OpinionEgypt This article is more than 13 years oldThe curse of the NileThis article is more than 13 years oldKhaled DiabThe great river is creating tension between Ethiopia and Egypt, which is blocking changes to quotas. Don't rule out a water warWith the world's attention distracted by the latest WikiLeaks revelations, Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi did not need a whistleblower to cause his country diplomatic embarrassment: he proved more than capable of doing that all by himself.
The Trials review a teenage jury call their climate-ruining elders to account
The ObserverTheatreReviewDonmar Warehouse, London
The ‘dinosaur’ generation is put on trial in Dawn King’s near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast
The Trials is fuelled by more than one mission. The centre of Dawn King’s new play is a debate about the climate crisis: when a window is opened on to Georgia Lowe’s sweatily crammed set, gusts of sepia smoke belch in; the world outside is bilious.
Blind date: He was kissy right off the bat
Blind dateDatingTim, 65, a retired actor and decorator, meets Patrick, 59, a teacher
Tim on PatrickWhat were you hoping for?
Good food, good conversation, more good food …
First impressions?
Tall, beaming, kissy right off the bat.
What did you talk about?
My lack of ballroom dancing skills (a major disappointment, I fear). Food (the restaurant came up trumps). London. Personal histories. Sondheim. Definitely not enough time for everything we had to say.
Ex-TikTok influencer and her mother guilty of murdering two men | Leicester
Leicester This article is more than 5 months oldEx-TikTok influencer and her mother guilty of murdering two menThis article is more than 5 months oldMahek and Ansreen Bukhari convicted over killing of pair who died when car was rammed off road
A former TikTok influencer and her mother have been found guilty of murdering two men who died in a fireball when their car was rammed off the road during a late-night chase outside Leicester.
I had a fling on a work trip and it has shaken my world
Ask Annalisa BarbieriFamilyUntil you can see beyond the headiness of your night with this man, says Annalisa Barbieri, don’t make any rash decisions about your marriage
I am a 38-year-old woman, married with two young children. Recently, I went on a business trip and had an affair with a man 30 years my senior and something of a mentor figure. The following day he avoided me; when he did finally talk to me, he was distant and patronising.
In the film 'Sweet Home Alabama' it is implied that when lightning strikes sand, the quarz in the sa
SPECULATIVE SCIENCEIn the film 'Sweet Home Alabama' it is implied that when lightning strikes sand, the quarz in the sand turns into a glass sculpture similar to a plant root. In one scene, someone is ramming steel rods into the sand, presumably to provoke such a strike. Is this fact or fiction? Christian Kuepers, Croydon Surrey
Lightning stikes do indeed fuse sand into cone- or root-like structures, but the phenomenon is rare.
Iran becoming global drone producer on back of Ukraine war, says US | Iran
Iran This article is more than 11 months oldIran becoming global drone producer on back of Ukraine war, says USThis article is more than 11 months oldOfficials share declassified intelligence as US seeks wider support for sanctions against Tehran
Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Iran is emerging as a global leader in the production of cheap and lethal drones, according to US officials, who say Tehran is using the war in Ukraine as a shop window for its technologies.