Tag: Read

Five new books to read this week

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham is back with his first novel in nearly a decade… Fiction 1. Day by Michael Cunningham is published in hardback by Fourth Estate on January 18th As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, falling in and out of love, losing the […]

Five new books to read this week

Kick off your new year reading list with some gripping thrillers… Fiction 1. Here In The Dark by Alexis Soloski is published in hardback by Raven Books on January 18th 🎭 ‘A poised, daring debut’ @alex_segura 🎭 ‘A mix of acerbic wit and Highsmithian invention’ @parabasis Not long to wait until you too can dive […]

Mark your calendar and get read to look up: Space dates for 2024

The year kicked off with a bang, with a meteor shower peaking just days after the start of 2024. There’s more to come for stargazers. Find out when you can catch the best shows in the sky this year: Full Moon dates Full Moons have different names based on seasons, historical crops and behavior of […]

5 new books to read this week

Argylle is set to be one of the biggest releases of the month, coinciding with a blockbuster movie coming out… Fiction 1. Argylle by Elly Conway is published in hardback by Bantam on January 4, priced £18.99 (ebook £9.99). Available Jnauary 4th Photo: Bantam/PA.  If you’ve never put a toe into the waters that is […]

Bitcoin In 2024: Could It Go ‘To The Moon’? Read This First.

The future looks bright for bitcoin in 2024. Once considered financial curiosities useful only for proof-of-concept transactions like buying pizza, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are now on the verge of mainstream legitimacy. Analysts expect three major developments in 2024: A major bitcoin milestone, dubbed “The Halvening,” is set to make supply more scarce. they see […]

How one 34-year-old is using TikTok to teach himself to read

“What’s up! I can’t read.” That’s how Oliver James began the viral video that launched his TikTok account, @oliverspeaks1, where he now documents his reading journey to over 130 thousand followers. “I went in my van and I pretty much just said 5 words … and that just started the whole entire journey on TikTok,” […]

Read the essay from 1897 that made us believe

More than a century ago, an 8-year-old named Virginia O’Hanlon had a question weighing on her mind. Were her friends correct when they said, “There is no Santa Claus”? She decided to write a letter to the best authority she knew, the New York Sun newspaper — and the response of an editorial writer named […]

Five new books to read this week

Cosy up with some gripping thrillers in this week’s new releases… Fiction 1. Her by Mira V Shah is published in paperback by Hodder. Available now (Hodder/PA) When Natalie moves into the same street as Rani, she seems to have it all. Rani is an unfulfilled housewife, grappling with low self-esteem and struggling to fit […]

I have not read Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

By Tim Reid (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has never read Adolf Hitler’s manifesto ‘Mein Kampf’ and is not quoting the German dictator when he says illegal immigrants inside the U.S. are poisoning and destroying the blood of America. In a rally in Iowa, Trump – the clear frontrunner for the Republican […]