Author Scarlet Ibis James to launch books in Trinidad and Tobago

Features Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Author Scarlet Ibis James - Author Scarlet Ibis James will be promoting her books Scarlet Yearnings: Stories of Love and Desire and Scarlet Birthright: What They Left Behind during her upcoming month-long Scarlet Book...

The Spanish and Portuguese Sukkah

I live on the 30th floor with no balcony or courtyard below. The possibility of building a Sukkah of my own is zero. For the festival of Sukkot, I do the rounds of the various synagogues and places nearby that have Sukkot, and there are plenty of...

Oliver’s Travels Review: What It’s Like to Stay In a Historic French Chateau

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Here’s the problem: Renting a villa with all my friends is my favorite way to vacation, but finding a...

Scientists find a medieval sandal and other unexpected artifacts in vulture nests in Spain

The bearded vulture, a large bird of prey with an unusual diet consisting primarily of bones, has long fascinated ornithologists. But now, a new study has shown why the bone-eating birds could be even more intriguing than once thought. Their...

Book Review: We Are Made by John Ludlam

We Are Made by John Ludlam Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Historical Fiction ISBN: 9781068757426 Print Length: 372 pages Reviewed by Tomi Alo We Are Made covers the political tension, uncertainties and courage of pre-war London in the late...

Photographs of the suffering hidden by the dictatorship in Spain

Friday, 10 October 2025, 11:28 Share For decades the archives of different Spanish ministries and public bodies hid images of the Civil War, of suffering and hardship, buried during the dictatorship. With the arrival of democracy, all this graphic...

"Play as a full-back; or goalkeeper if Courtois gets injured" - Real Madrid star makes claim when asked if he's willing to play in different positions

Real Madrid star Gonzalo Garcia has opened up about playing his different positions in the team. He said that he would even be open to playing as a goalkeeper to help the side. Garcia came through Los Blancos' academy and has made 18 senior...

Hungarian László Krasznahorkai wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Twenty-three years ago, Imre Kertész won the Nobel Prize in Literature. And today, yet another Hungarian, László Krasznahorkai, has been named the recipient of the coveted prize. Hungary boasts a long history of Nobel laureates, with the most...

Poetry Connection | Connecting with Literary and Music Festivals

This weekend, I am excited to go to the Tahoe Literary Festival. I haven’t been to the Lake Tahoe area since going to the Community of Writers conference more than 15 years ago. Now, in its second year, the Tahoe Literary Festival begins on...

Kathy Buckley — Comedian, Author, Deaf Advocate

If you haven’t heard of Kathy Buckley, then drop whatever you’re doing and Google her. Watch her on YouTube, find her on Amazon. You won’t be disappointed. Known as America’s first deaf comedienne, she’s wickedly funny and highly inspirational....

Review: Crazy Old Lady

09/10/2025 - Carmen Maura tyrannises her male foil – and demands the viewer’s attention – in Martín Mauregui’s gothic, sadistic and at times terrifyingly funny tale Carmen Maura and Daniel Hendler in Crazy Old Lady Premiered at Austin’s Fantastic...

Spain vs Georgia Prediction and Betting Tips | 11th October 2025

The World Cup Qualifiers are back in action with another set of matches this weekend as Georgia lock horns with Luis de la Fuente's Spain side in an important clash at the Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero on Saturday. The two teams have experienced...

Alica Schmidt poses in brown dress while enjoying girls trip to Spain amid track off season

Alica Schmidt has set out for her yearly girls' trip to Spain amid her off-season and shared her latest updates about the same on Instagram. The athlete has been away from the track after her 2025 German National Championships campaign. Schmidt...

"Enjoy your low-rated halftime show"- Riley Gaines takes a swipe at Bad Bunny for asking Americans to learn Spanish for Super Bowl

Riley Gaines recently reacted to a demand from Puerto Rican rapper cum singer Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny demanded that the audience attending his recent concert learn Spanish. When it was announced that...

Raise Your Soul by Yanis Varoufakis review – an intimate history of Greece

Yanis Varoufakis entered public consciousness as the academic in a leather jacket who briefly became Greece’s finance minister in 2015. For having the temerity to lecture his creditors on the folly of austerity, he was treated as the villain of...

Children’s author Kelly Crull visits Marshalltown

T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY — Children’s author Kelly Crull, who visited Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) students and held a book signing at the Marshalltown Public Library on Thursday, holds up copies of “The Black Mambas: The...

People We Meet On Vacation: Release Date, Cast Details & What To Expect From Netflix Adaptation

Everything To Know About People We Meet On Vacation Adaptation! ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Another book-to-film adaptation is happening, and it’s on Netflix. Based on Emily Henry’s 2021 novel People We Meet on Vacation, the movie is set to...

A pilgrim’s progress | Review of A Return to Self by Aatish Taseer

In the 1940s, while he was in Nazi-occupied France, Pablo Picasso was once visited in his studio by a German officer. Seeing a photograph of Picasso standing before Guernica, his 1937 painting of the Nazi bombing of the eponymous town in Basque...

USA U-20s book World Cup quarterfinal place, rout Italy behind Cremaschi's double

The United States advanced to the quarterfinal round of the U-20 men’s World Cup for the fifth straight competition after a comprehensive 3-0 win over Italy on Thursday, with Benjamin Cremaschi’s double sandwiching a free kick from Niko Tsakiris...

Spain has just ‘five days’ to rescue wobbling power grid – or face risk of fresh nationwide blackout, regulator warns

SPAIN’S energy regulator has sounded the alarm over the state of the country’s energy grid – almost six months after the country was plunged into a nationwide blackout for hours. The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has...