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Robert Towne, Writer of ‘Chinatown,’ Dies at 89
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 3 days agoWriter-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died....
Yes, Uncle Sam, We Met on Tinder
New York Times· 9 hours agoIt might include a watered-down story of our first date, when she expected me to pick her up at her house while I waited impatiently for her at the...
The Bible in Public Schools? Oklahoma Pushes Limits of Long Tradition.
The New York Times via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoThe Bible has been a presence in American classrooms at least to some degree since before the...
The Real Problem With Legal Weed
New York Times· 2 days agoWhen New York legalized recreational marijuana in 2021, the future seemed bright. “It has been a long road to get here, but it will be worth the wait,”...
Republican JD Vance journeys from 'Hillbilly Elegy' memoirist to US senator to VP contender
Associated Press via Yahoo News UK· 4 days agoIt was March 2022 and Senate candidate JD Vance was standing under hot lights in a Cleveland...
The Bible in Public Schools? Oklahoma Pushes Limits of Long Tradition.
New York Times· 6 days agoThe Bible has a deep history in American classrooms, but the state’s provocative superintendent...
“Did I think we’d be in an All-Ireland final now? I probably did...” Armagh minor success not a...
The Irish News· 3 days agoMAYBE no-one else saw it coming, but Aidan O’Rourke did. The Orchard youngsters meet Derry at Healy...
Election night is long, but I shall be on form at the New Statesman party
The New Statesman· 3 days agoIncidentally, my favourite headline of the campaign is now over a month old, but it actually gets...
Keir Starmer’s hard road ahead
The New Statesman· 3 days agoOne thing we can all agree on: Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been an unmitigated disaster. Bloody Labour, stodgy betrayers – they have already...