How long a rope do top performers deserve once their powers are clearly on the wane? Whether in sports or politics, business or entertainment, the general feeling is that a star deserves some concessi...
05.15.2022 Moneycontrol.comGentleman, geologist, P. G. Wodehouse loyalist. I started collecting rocks at age 6, studied them all through college, tinkered with them in an office for a bit, and now write about them. When not doi...
05.17.2022 Researchmatters.inIs the fine art of small talk in big trouble? I ask because I’ve seen a spate of articles in recent weeks about people returning to the office after two years or so of working from home. They often co...
05.11.2022 Ashcroftcachecreekjournal.comSimon Kuper’s Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK is a wonderful compendium of anecdotes about Oxford in the 1980s, one of the best of which concerns a lecture he attended by the...
05.12.2022 Spectator.co.ukAmes, IA. In 1902, inscribing a copy of his debut novel The Pothunters for a friend, P. G. Wodehouse called his book the “first-fruits of a GENIUS. ” Just over a century later, biographer Robert McCrum takes up the playful prophecy in utter seriousness, referring to Wodehouse’s “genius” several times. The term will surprise few readers today, given Wodehouse’s celebrated admirers from Auden to Updike, his millions of everyday fans, and the global fame of Bertie Wooster and his gentleman’s gentle...
05.13.2022 Frontporchrepublic.comA young woman arrives in Los Angeles determined to start over, and discovers she doesn’t need to leave everything behind after all, from Abbi Waxman, USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life o...
05.16.2022 Thenerddaily.comThis Friday, Great Performances returns with its fifth annual 'Broadway's Best' lineup, premiering Fridays, May 13-27 at 9 p. m. ET on PBS ( check local listings ), pbs. org/broadwayonpbs and the PBS ...
05.11.2022 Broadwayworld.comThe critically acclaimed show, ‘Anything Goes’, features a new star cast including: WhatOnStage Award Winner, Kerry Ellis, as Reno Sweeney and Olivier Award Winner, Denis Lawson, as Moonface Martin. J...
05.11.2022 Theedinburghreporter.co.uk“One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably t...
05.12.2022 Ellsworthamerican.comHumour must have a nugget of truth to be funny: Twinkle Khanna Her debut book "Mrs Funnybones: She's Just Like You and a Lot Like Me" gave readers a glimpse into how she has a knack of finding humour in everyday happenings. Now out with her second bo...
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