1968: the year that changed America
The cliche says that if you can recollect the Sixties, you werent really there. But Hendrik Hertzberg recollects the decades most explosive year are you all right indeed Where were you in the 1960 s? And what were you? A toddler, a grade schooler, a teenager? A young adult? Were you already old enough to…
From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches
A misogynist insult in Washington and Westminster, a force for good in Hollywood for centuries, witches have represented dread of assertive girls. But why does the stereotype persist? During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was inundated with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding a broom, or else cackling…
From Circe to Clinton: why powerful girls are cast as witches
A misogynist insult in Washington and Westminster, a force for good in Hollywood for centuries, witches have represented fear of assertive females. But why does the stereotype persist? During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was flooded with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding a broom, or else cackling…
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton review- no twinge of repentance
The presidential candidate blames everyone but herself for her shock defeat to Trump in this hubristic memoir In common with everyone who is likely to read this review, I mourned when Hillary Clinton lost the election last November. Now there is an extra reason for unhappines: with time on her hands, the woman who was…
The Obama years: novelists assess his legacy
Expectations were sky high when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008. As his word draws to a close, has he disappointed or delivered? Novelists in America appraise him Tobias Wolff: The coolness of his style has led to a lack of kudo for what he has achieved Tobias Wolff is best known for his…
Ssshhh! How the cult of quiet can change your life
Silent retreats, silent eateries and even silent dating events are on the rise. Now a new film aims to quietly spread the word Once the preserve of monastic retreats and hardcore meditators, simply being quiet is growing in appeal. Whole businesses have sprung up to meet a rising demand for quiet hour, from silent weekend…
From Circe to Clinton: why powerful girls are cast as witches
A misogynist insult in Washington and Westminster, a force for good in Hollywood for centuries, witches have personified dread of assertive females. But why does the stereotype persist? During the 2016 US presidential election, American social media was flooded with images of Hillary Clinton wearing a black hat and riding a broom, or else cackling…
The Book of Hygge review- can the Danes actually teach us how to live?
This book, by Louisa Thomsen Brits, is one of many titles on hygge and the Danish route of living. But hygge has a dark side what if the price of cosiness isnt worth paying? Hygge voices from the outside like a meme to allow hipsters to grow old: a Danish mode of being, it has…
Lena Dunham’s surprise book sells out in 24 hours
Is It Evil Not to Be Sure? is a collection of her journal entries from a decade ago, and will raise money for the nonprofit group Girls Write Now A astonish new book by Lena Dunham, collecting her periodicals from ten years ago, has sold out less than 24 hours after the writer announces that…
Caitlin Moran:’ Were I not a novelist, I’d have the peachy, zingy buttocks of Gigi Hadid’
The author on writing for money, painful posture and having novelists block simply the once As with all novelists, I read a great deal about the craft of writing. Not because I want to learn from other writers its simply because its the most virtuous and inarguable route of procrastinating. I CANT POSSIBLY WRITE A…