A brother's revenge Charles Spencer's portrait of Diana is pacy and gossipy; but fails to corroborate its claims, writes Anna Whitelock or anyone in their thirties or older, the life and death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is cap- tured in a series of vivid images seared into the memory. From the meringue-like wedding dress and balcony kiss to the princess sitting alone at the Taj Mahal, from her h…
Seasons of grief A mother's past unsettles a daughter's mourning in this tale of female resilience and solidarity. By Lucy Popescu ranian-American novelist and film- maker Laleh Khadivi has a website dedicated to the sharing of secrets. It's “a sister project” to her fourth novel, Female Life on Planet Earth, which explores female confidences and mother-daughter relationships. It's a departure for…
Seasons of grief A mother’s past unsettles a daughter's mourning in this tale of female resilience and solidarity: By Lucy Popescu ranian-American novelist and film- maker Laleh Khadivi has a website dedicated to the sharing of secrets. It’s “a sister project” to her fourth novel, Female Life on Planet Earth, ‘which explores female confidences and mother-daughter relationships. It’s a departure fo…
Children’s books never grow old Nilanjana Roy Reading the world any friends, once devout book lovers, tell me they're stuck in a reading rut. From Slack to social media, the constant ping of devices to the hours spent with Al agents or coping with data smog and news gluts, our digital selves are more voracious and inescapable than ever. Too many of us feel that we're not engaging like we used to w…
A brother's revenge Charles Spencer's portrait of Diana is pacy and gossipy, but fails to corroborateits claims, writes Anna Whitelock or anyone in their thirties or older, the life and death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is cap- tured in a series of vivid images seared into the memory. From the meringue-like wedding dress and balcony kiss to the princess sitting alone at the Taj Mahal, from her he…
هذا كتاب مهم لعالم الآثار والباحث والمبدع أيضا في القصة والرواية حسين عبد البصير. له أعمال كثيرة مهمة عن الأساطير اليونانية، والحضارة المصرية القديمة، وأشرف على العمل الأثري في كثير من المتاحف، ويشغل الاَن منصب مدير متحف الآثار في مكتبة الإسكندرية. الكتاب عنوانه »أنبياء الله ومصر القديمة« صادر عن دار »إنسان« المصرية. الكتاب يدخل بك في منطقة مهمة، كانت عبر التاريخ محل نقاش، وهي قصص الأديان وحقيقة و…
Children’s books never grow old Nilanjana Roy Reading the world any [riends, once devout book lovers, tell me they're stuck in a reading rut. From Slack to social media, the constant ping of devices to the hours spent with Al agents or coping with data smog and news gluts, our digital selves are more voracious and inescapable than ever. Too many of us feel that we're not engaging like we used to w…
Dodging America An amphetamine-fuelled trip across the US in the 1960s captures a family and nation in crisis. By George Cochrane f the 27mn Americans eli- gible for the Vietnam draft, fewer than a tenth ever got into uniform. Most evaded it on health grounds or because they were in college education, some by conscientious objection, others — as many as 100,000, according to recent estimates — by …
A brother's revenge Charles Spencer's portrait of Diana is pacy and gossipy, but fails to corroborate its claims, writes Anna Whitelock or anyone in their thirties or older, the life and death of Diana, Princess of Wales, is cap- tured in a series of vivid images seared into the memory. From the meringue-like wedding dress and balcony kiss to the princess sitting alone at the Taj Mahal, from her h…
Dodging America An amphetamine-fuelled trip across the US in the 1960s captures a family and nation in crisis. By George Cochrane f the 27mn Americans eli- gible for the Vietnam draft, fewer than a tenth ever got into uniform. Most evaded it on health grounds or because they were in college education, some by conscientious objection, others — as many as 100,000, according to recent estimates — by …
