Lily Allen’s ‘West End Girl’ Is a Stunner — A Divorce Album That Feels Like a Stage Drama Unfolding in Real Time, but With Bops: Album Review

Out of the many thousands — surely tens of thousands — of albums I’ve listened to in my time, I can’t recall one that had me on the edge of my seat from the first moments to the last on first listen the way Lily Allen’s new “West End Girl” did,...

Book fair will be held on time: press secy

Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief advisor, has said the Amar Ekushey Book Fair will be held “as scheduled”, dismissing rumours about its cancellation. He made the remarks on Sunday at a meeting on expectations from the book fair,...

CTech's Book Review: Adopting AI into our marketing worlds

Doron Aaronsohn is the CMO at Sela, a cloud and AI service provider. He has joined CTech to share a review of “Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business”, by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput. 1 View gallery Doron'...

Which Stephen King book is IT Welcome to Derry based on?

Samantha King Content Editor 17:00, 26 Oct 2025 Welcome to Derry lands tomorrow (October 27)(Image: Warner Bros) Stephen King is one of the world's best-known horror authors with over 60 books and 200 short stories to his name, and countless film...

Mixed review as cruises resume

Dunedin is a charming city with gorgeous architecture, if a bit "claustrophobic", a pair of visiting Australian tourists say. Carnival Splendor arrived in Port Chalmers from Fiordland about 7.30am yesterday to mark the start of the 2025-26 cruise...

Announcements: Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch; CfP Central Asia Yearbook on International Law; CfP State Responsibility in Crisis Workshop; International Law Working Group Research Exchange Forum

1. Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch. On 29 October at 5,30pm, in London, the International Law at Westminster (ILaW) centre will host the launch of the book Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law by Dr...

Fujairah CP attends launch of 2nd Fujairah Children's Book Fair

This came during His Highness's attendance at the opening of the second edition of the Fujairah Children’s Book Fair, held at the Dibba Exhibition Centre under the slogan “One Community… Many Stories.” His Highness pointed out the priority adopted...

New Book Offers ‘10 Woke Commandments’ Americans Should Disobey  

The radicalized political Left has adopted a number of “woke commandments,” according to author Simon Hankinson. From demonizing borders to the erasure of history and gender, the radical Left has repeatedly rejected common sense, Hankinson asserts...

2020 Riots: Supreme Court to review bail applications of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi. A bench of...

Amar Ekushey Book Fair to be held on time: Press Secretary

The Amar Ekushey Book Fair will definitely be held and on time, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday. Speaking at a discussion titled 'What Kind of Book Fair We Want' at the National Press Club, he said that although some...

Bentum Quantson confronts Ghana’s moral, political decay in new book  

By Edward Acquah Accra, Oct. 26, GNA – A renowned author and retired security intelligence chief, Kofi Bentum Quantson, has called for a return to patriotism and national values to address the moral and political decline threatening Ghana’s...

REVIEW: Flight is a 25 year retrospective from an artist who wore a survival suit to brave the elements of his beloved Shetland

Paul Bloomer's exhibition Flight is showing now at Shetland Museum's a Gadderie. Photo: Stephen GordonLittle did Paul Bloomer realise that a visit to dog sit in Shetland about 30 years ago, would result in a formidable connection with the isles...

Trump told Pence ‘you’ll go down as a wimp’ in January 6 phone call, book says

On the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a “wimp” if he certified the...

Taylor Swift's reading list: All the books that inspired her songwriting

Taylor Swift, the widely recognised master of the art of songwriting, is obviously a reader and has cited many books as her inspirations for writing her hit songs. The 35-year-old pop superstar is nominated for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame,...

A book festival lost funding due to DOGE cuts. Utah's book community came together

SALT LAKE CITY — To understand the challenges the Utah Humanities Book Festival faced this year, you have to go back to April 3. That was the day, according to Jodi Graham, the executive director of the nonprofit Utah Humanities, that the...

Simon Amstell review – time to move on after Hollywood party crush

“An exciting departure from [his] previous work,” claims the publicity for Simon Amstell’s new standup show – but it’s a claim that proves hard to substantiate. Like any Amstell set, I Love It Here is self-analytical to an absurd degree – and this...

Waterloo author's series shares tales of people who are a 'hot mess with a secret to hide'

Ask Crystal Quast to explain her book series called Serenity Acres and she’ll tell you everyone who lives there is “a hot mess with a secret to hide.” The Waterloo author launched the self-published series earlier this year and already has two...

Baldacci, Lamb, Orlean coming to Palm Beach for MorseLife book series

MorseLife will bring a slate of award-winning, bestselling authors to Palm Beach for its Literary Society's 18th "Breakfast with the Author" series. The lineup begins with David Baldacci on Jan. 8, followed by Wally Lamb on Feb. 12 and Clare...

‘Lincoln Lawyer’ Author Michael Connelly: ‘Soulless’ AI Is a Danger to ‘Every Creative Discipline’

Bestselling author Michael Connelly’s latest Lincoln Lawyer novel explores the dangers of AI and its potential to infringe on human rights and creative disciplines. The author warns that AI is “soulless” and that the technology puts “Every kind of...

Book lovers gather in Charleston for festival celebrating West Virginia's literary talent

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The West Virginia Book Festival on Saturday brought thousands of of book lovers and authors to Charleston. Headline Books Publishing Company owner Cathy Teets was one of many in attendance. Teets got her start in the...