Month: March 2024

There are certain universal truths — let’s call them commandments — that quality timepieces must adhere to… Thou shalt be Swiss-made Thou shalt cost an arm and a leg Thou shalt have a high barrier to entry   Sometimes, sure. There’s nothing wrong with a well-deserved splurge from time to time.  But that’s not what
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The new German edition of “The Marriage,” from Wolke Verlag — with an ingenious cover When I embarked on my novel The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York, I felt I possessed a pretty good understanding of Gustav, and none at all of Alma. Nor are the various biographical treatments of Alma adequate – she escapes portraiture, and
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Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. It’s Friday. The sun is out. Baseball is back. March Madness has begun. And I’ve got a case of the wiggles. Let’s keep it lighter today. Worth a Thousand Words T, the New York Times’s style
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With bylines in publications that include the London Review of Books, Harper’s and The New Yorker, Lauren Oyler has established herself as a cultural critic whose fresh, and often contrarian, assessments are well worth reading. Her first nonfiction book, No Judgment, comprises eight previously unpublished essays that will please Oyler’s admirers and serve as an
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In the kaleidoscopic world of style, 1970s men’s fashion stands out for its bold experimentation with colors, patterns, textures, and silhouettes. This era saw men’s attire continue the individualistic experiment from 60s fashion, embracing everything from the laid-back, earthy vibes of hippie culture to the glitzy, energetic essence of disco and glam rock. ’70s men’s
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Unreserved53:59Indigenous playwrights take centre stage It might be hard to imagine that well-known playwright Tomson Highway once had to pull people off the street to get an audience.  But that is how the Cree writer’s award-winning play The Rez Sisters — which explores the lives and hopes of seven women from a fictional reserve on Manitoulin
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Developer nDreams announced on Friday that the VR game Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord is getting a free DLC based on Sony Pictures’ Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Frozen Empire hit theatres on Friday, while Rise of the Ghost Lord is available on PlayStation VR2 and Meta Quest headsets. The game’s free DLC launches on Thursday,
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