The collapse of another fine-wine investment fund added to the somber mood in mid-November, when London Vines went into voluntary liquidation. It was reported that the fund had a deficit of 590,000 pounds ($960,000), not something that is likely to generate optimistic investor sentiments!
The book of Esther has been the subject of a wealth of scholarship which has, at times, presented Esther’s character as antifeminist. Through the framework of postcolonial and feminist theory, this article interprets Esther in light of her marginalised
a teenage outcast in the mining town of Corrigan, begging for Charlie’s help. What Jasper will lead Charlie to discover must remain a secret, one which Charlie will carry like a brick in his belly throughout a simmering summer when everything changes...
Janice Vidal was discovered by music producer Mark Lui when she had a career as back-up singer for Leon Lai and eventually signed onto Leon Lai’s label until 2015. Keeping a fairly low-key career path, she’s tried a lot of different genres of music and dabbled in a little acting as...
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a transformation awakened in his heart by the October Revolution, has today turned against himself. This too is the conclusion forced upon one by a reading of Silone’sBread and Wine, that most terrible of all indictments, so far as I know, of the moral decay of the masses in Fascist ...
Dogs also remind us to live in the present, and it’s a great lesson to bring to a reading. Questions about the future are welcomed (part of what I do is planning for the future); but let’s take it from here, now. What can we do in this moment to step forward to that future...
Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love By Simran Sethi Award-winning journalist Simran Sethi explores the history and cultural importance of our most beloved tastes, paying homage to the ingredients that give us daily pleasure, while providing a thoughtful wake-up call to the...
It’s sometimes hard to know what to write when you think of yourself as a genre commentator – I’ve been described as a “critic” but it feels like a label that’s only deserved when you make use of actual critical tools, and I’ve never studied those tools nor been trained in ...
The town centre is a short walk away. The hotel is truly excellent. I have stayed in the main hotel throughout, in a variety of rooms. They are described as "luxury'' rooms and very much live up to that label. They are beautifully decorated and...