n Rachel Cusk’s new novel, an unnamed but apparently female author undertales to write a bio- graphical portrait of her friend, a world-famous actress referred to only as M. The problem is, she doesn’t actually know very much about M, so her account is padded with conjectures on the psychological ravages of fame and the sorts of backhandedly damning observations — about M’s inner life, or lack the…
"مستحيل." ليوسف الشايب. أرشيف غير موثوق لزمن لزج رام الله- ميلانو- الحياة الثقافية- صدرت حديثنا عن "منشورات المتوسط " في إيطاليا الرواية الأولى للكاتب الفلسطينى يوسف الشايب: بعنوان "مستحيل.: كما صدرت في طبعة خاصة بفلسطين بتوزيع من "الرقمية". وجاء على غلافها الخلفي في توصيفها وبتوقيع الناشر: في مخيم قلنديا في فلسطين: يحفر رجل عجوز حفرة صغيرة ويملؤها بالماء. رويدا رويدا: تتحول الحفرة إلى بحر؛ وتتحول…
سيكولوجية التاريخ فى الحرب تقتل الإنسان مرة والنسيان يقتله آلاف المرات .. بهذا الوجح الإنسانى الممتد والأقرب إلى العوار .. قدمت لنا الروائية رشا عدلى روايتها »الوصول المقطوع«، الصادرة عن دار الشروق، كفعل مقاومة لمحو الذات .. فهى لم تقدم الوثيقه بقدر ما أزاحت الستار عما خلفه الانتقال من الحدث لكيفية الشعور به وإلى أبطال هذا الحدث .. فتفتح ذراعى الزمن بين اتجاهين متوازيين ومشتعلين بين الكاشف والمكشو…
Noblesse oblige: when stately homes did national service Miranda Seymour enjoys a history of how Britain's landed gentry and aristocracy were pressed into hosting wartime soldiers and child evacuees he house owners knew what was coming. Operation Pied Piper — a plan to move some 1.5mn people, more than half of them children, out of urban areas at risk of bombing — had been inthe works since spring…
Out of Asia’s wartime imperial wreckage A sinologist’s history of the second world war is a thorough, if not the first, corrective to western narratives. By Pratinav Anil ans van de Ven, a sinologist at the University of Cam- bridge, opens Blood Dawn with the confidence of an explorer setting foot in terra incognita. Western histories of the second world war, he complains, remain fixated upon even…
& BOOK REVIEW SATURDAY 22, AUGUST 2026 a quide fo making the most of your twenties The Years that Shape Your future. The Big Sister You Didn''t Know You Needed-A Review of Morenike Molehin’s If | Were in My 20s Again Title: If | Were in My 20s Again Author: Morenike Molehin Year of Publication: 2026 Number of Pages: 205 Category: Self Help @ Businessday.ng 0) 3 @businessdayng 48 SATURDAY 22, AUGUS…
HousedsHome hat have gardens to do with revolution? Not much, you might think, except that revolutionaries overrun them and leave them to go to ruin. You would be wrong. Gardens indeed confront a revolution, the warming climate. There is also talk of a new tax on land following the announcement of a rise in council tax in England, for whose assessment gardens will be significant. Do not underestim…
بحكث حول Lut» عر ال | لمجد» و «شاعر العرب» يسة فى قراءة جديدة 1) gal joc لجهاد ما ضل شادى معلوف صدر أخيرًا للكاتب الصحافي والباحث جهاد فاضل مؤلف جديد بعئثوان «عمر أبو diy @ شاعر من بلاد الشام» يقدّم فيه مؤلفه قراءة جديدة للشاعر السوري الراحل. متناولا سيرته وعصرة وشعرة. ويعزو فاضل تناوله لأبي ربشة في هذا الكتاب إلى كونه «أحد الشعراء العرب الكبار في القرن العشرين. فإذا كان عدد هؤلاء عشرة, فأبو…
House &oHome hat have gardens to do with revolution? Not much, you might think, except that revolutionaries overrun them and leave them to go to ruin. You would be wrong. Gardens indeed confront a revolution, the warming climate. There is also talk of anew tax on land following the announcement of a rise in council tax in England, for whose assessment gardens will be significant. Do not underestim…
The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943) The Little Prince, who lives on a house-sized asteroid, recounts his travels to differ- ML ent planets and shares solemn wisdom about life’s chal- lenges. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French aviator and writer, explored love, loneliness and friendship through a fabulous tale for children that appealed to many adults as well. He wrote this story w…
