That’s the other part of this—it never would have worked without an audience. Some of you have stayed with me since I started this in 1997, when my football editor at SI, Steve Robinson, asked me to empty my notebook every Monday after I wrote my weekly football column in Sports Il...
Here’s some of whatVehlinggowrote aboutAtlas: There are upbeat and intricate instrumentals that recall Tycho, and pop hits that recall the best of mid- to late-1980s synthpop and blue-eyed R&B. For the latter he collaborated with the likes of British retrosynth singer/songwriterOllie Wride...
Liza Dalby wrote Geisha and Kimono. They’re both nonfiction and very interesting. Brittany says: May 22, 2018 at 9:40 am I really enjoyed this episode although my heart hurt when you said you didn’t like All The Light We Cannot See! I want to recommend a couple of books to you ...
Then one day I found myself reading reviews of the book online. Amid tons of 5-star spoiler-free reviews, one salty loser lady wrote a 2-star review with some vague homophobia. It surprised me. It thrilled me! Wait wait wait. This book about a woman with seven husbands is queer?I w...
Bowie first met longtime collaborator Iggy Pop in 1971 and took him under his wing, inviting him on tour with him as a "fly on the wall." As Pop put it, "He resurrected me." Bowie later went on to produce Pop's debut solo album and the pairwrote many songs together. For a time...
I think of Eugene O Neills words when I think about Gerry Rafferty a beautiful songwriter who wrote upbeat groovy tunes. Like many of my favourite artists he was a perfectionist socially awkward who had been disillusioned by the music business and its pernicious grip on your spirit after legal...
In May 1927, he wrote to the leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on behalf of the Comintern. He was uncompromising: “The time has come for action. The bad guys must be punished. If the KMT do not learn to be Jacobins for the revolution, they will be...
"That may be the Angriest, Least Compassionate, and Worst State of the Union Speech ever made," Trump wrote when Biden was finished. "It was an Embarrassment to our Country!" All the times Biden attacked Trump during SOTU Share This is a modal window. This video is either unavailable...
ready C. trapped D.safe 【15】A.fine B.wrong C. quickly D.normally 【16】A. us B. yourself C. me D.them 【17】A.memories B. ideas C. attitudes D.dreams 【18】A.still B. also C. yet D.just 【19】A. challenged B.cured C. invited D.admired 【20】A.healthier B. bigger C...
Wrote for the Sunday Times, The Man in Seat 61: My decades-long love affair with Interrail. 7 January 2025 Podcast with Simon Calder, The 21-day train journey that doesn’t exist 5 January 2025 Wrote for the Daily Telegraph, The world's longest train ride - that nobody can actually ta...