30 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
USAID marks last day with Obama, Bush criticizing Trump’s gutting of agency
Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development organization, which has been ordered absorbed into the U.S. State Department.
30 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Crypto industry wants Canada to embrace stablecoins, but concerns remain
A key focus in the push is to bring more legitimacy to stablecoins, a type of crypto designed to keep a steady value by pegging it to a currency.
Ever wondered how different fashion trends are now compared to the 50s, 60s and 70s? Evie Redwood dives into a photographic archive from the dawn of colour photos.
29 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Shakespeare Ladies Club by Christine & Jonathan Hainsworth: The women who made Shakespeare great
Imagine a world in which no one cared about Shakespeare – that was the case in the 1600s, until four pioneering women reinvigorated the bard’s reputation.
29 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The Heart-Shaped Tin by Bee Wilson: It is not hoarding if it warms your heart
They may seem trivial to others but – from cake tins to porcelain figurines – we should never let go of our sentimental things, says Bee Wilson in her feel-good, pro-clutter book.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
What do you get if you combine Dickens, Bond and Harry Potter? The best Children's books out now – Shadow Thieves by Peter Burns, Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel, Heir of Storms by Lauryn Murray
Sally Morris reviews the best Children’s Books out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
MY LIFE IN A GARDEN by Carl Gorham: Nature? It will ruin your garden
Gardening is meant to be a relaxing pursuit, but after the death of his wife, Carl discovered the trials and tribulations that come hand in hand with curating nature.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
The name's Deaver, Jeffery Deaver: How 007 kick started Jeffery Deaver's reading…and writing career
This week, Jeffery Deaver answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Hard-hitting Debuts to start this summer: The Devil Three Times by Rickey Fayne, Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie, Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin
Sara Lawrence reviews the best Debut novels out now.
26 Jun, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
LIVE FOREVER by John Robb: How a hammer to the head and Like a Virgin kicked off Liam Gallagher's career
We all know about their infamous feuds with Blur, the band and between themselves. But in his new book, John Robb lifts the lid on what it is really like being a Gallagher.