Month: June 2024

Trains are, for whatever reason, surprisingly common in contemporary genre fiction. Perhaps it is their predictability, with their reliance on firmly laid tracks and regular timetables representing an imposition of order on a chaotic world. But rarely is this made so explicit as in Sarah Brooks’ The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, where a
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Over the years, few genres have brought moviegoers to theaters and packed auditoriums quite like the disaster film. For pretty much the entire existence of cinema, movies like Airport, Independence Day, and Contagion have entertained and terrified audiences with stories about natural disasters, alien invasions, pandemics, and other end-of-the-world type events. Come with us as
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In the wide, wide world of wardrobe basics, there’s one staple you don’t ever want to skimp on. That staple, of course, is underwear. No, really. You can’t do your bits and pieces like that. I won’t stand for it. To prove it, I’m even going to share my picks for the most comfortable underwear
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UK inflation has eased to 2% – increasing the prospect of an interest rate cut this summer. The consumer prices index (CPI) rate for the year to May was confirmed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. The figure indicates that prices are still rising, but at the slowest pace since spring 2021.
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Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard with their guide to the election day ahead. 👉 Tap here to follow Politics at Jack and Sam’s wherever you get your podcasts 👈 This is day 28 of the campaign. Jack and Sam discuss inflation, the SNP manifesto launch, and how Labour’s transition
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If you thought fashion shows were all about the collections and catwalks, you’d be very much mistaken. They’re about clothes, of course (and Instagram likes, and rushing around high on caffeine). But the clothes that get photographed and written about are not always those being shown by designers. These days, street style is every bit
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There is an immediate richness to the historical fiction of Tracy Chevalier (Girl With a Pearl Earring, Remarkable Creatures), one that goes beyond carefully researched details and evocative prose, and into deep emotion. In her 12th book, The Glassmaker, Chevalier weaves a tapestry of character and conflict, change and stability, to create a story that
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