"The Bush administration was forced yesterday to issue a grovelling apology to the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, after White House officials briefed the travelling US press corps that Berlusconi was...
The sensational new book on the life of dancehall king Beenie Man has finally been scheduled for worldwide release this summer. The forthcoming biography, Who Am I? The Untold Story of Beenie Man, will treat fans of dancehall music to more than four hundred pages of intrigue,...
Sunday the 8th of June 2008 - 20h30:
As one does, I settled in for my favourite hour of the week.
To save both the planet and the water bill, I started by topping up the kids’ bath water to the...
A new Sonic Youth biography is out this week, titled Goodbye 20th Century. I remember going to a Sonic Youth show a long time ago and thinking at the time they were a bunch of pompous asses. I still think that, but I've since developed an appreciation for the pomposity.Fun...
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"May 29, 2008 by Ed MorrisseyThe Washington Post runs a front-page analysis of Barack Obama’s policy positions today, and they find … nothing much. In fact, what little work Obama had done on policy since entering the Senate in 2005 he abandoned in 2006 as he prepared for...
Irvine Robbins, the co-founder of ice cream giant Baskin-Robbins, has died at the age of 90. He opened up his first ice cream store back in 1945."Irvine Robbins, who as co-founder of Baskin-Robbins brought...
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Theories of who Shakespeare actually 'was' abound. The one presented here is somewhat new and admittedly interesting if only for the nuance of it. "For hundreds of years, people have questioned whether William...
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Ok, I don't care if you do not believe in Hell, but for the sake of Misha Defoseca, who wrote, "Misha: A Memoire of the Holocasut Years," there should be a reserved room. The lying author admits that her memoir is...
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Which type of book tells a more complete story about a presidential candidate? Autobiographical or biographical?
While opinions may vary as to what makes a good biography or expose, there is no doubt...
It's not just the Scientologists who are scared by this one. To bring you up to speed, here's what all the commotion is about: watch the video "there are never quite enough idling white vans to stop the rapid...
"The author is Andrew Morton who also wrote Princess Diana’s biography with a lot of controversial too, takes a big risk in this book making an extraordinary attack on the star by comparing his 20-month-old...
Andrew Morton had better watch his a**. Messing with the
Scientologists can be expensive and scary. And anyway who cares what
religion Tom Cruise is affiliated with. As far as we are concerned he
could worship pine...
The category winners for the prestigious Costa Book Awards have been announced. The top five shortlisted authors will now compete for the 2007 Costa Book of the Year award which will be announced on January...