The Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett & Steven Baxter, book review: Hard science...
This is a marriage of talents that really shouldn't work. The late Terry Pratchett was the undisputed master of comic fantasy, cheerfully channelling everything in his armoury to produce witty,...
View ArticleThe Long Utopia by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter – extract
In the aftermath of the cataclysm, millions of ‘steps’ from his home planet, Joshua sets off on a personal voyage of discovery. Read the first chapter of the final volume of the Long Earth quartet ...
View ArticleThe Long Utopia, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter - book review: Almost...
When Sir Terry Pratchett died in March, the general focus was on – and quite rightly – his “Discworld” comic fantasy novels, which form far and away the greatest part of his prolific output. But those...
View ArticleAfghan refugee, after life of struggle, earns national honor in Syracuse for...
It's been less than a year since Mokhtar Mohammadi arrived in Syracuse. He and his four siblings are refugees from Afghanistan. His oldest sister is 24. The youngest is 9. Their parents died in a car...
View ArticleCracks in Jay Z and Beyonce's picture-perfect facade?
OPINION: Remember three years ago when Beyoncé revealed her pregnancy from the stage of the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards? It set a then-record for Twitter with 8868 tweets per second. If my personal...
View ArticleCracks in Jay Z and Beyonce's perfect facade?
OPINION: Remember three years ago when Beyoncé revealed her pregnancy from the stage of the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards? It set a then-record for Twitter with 8868 tweets per second. If my personal...
View Article>25 years ago, wildfire ran rampant in Yellowstone
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — They called it "Black Saturday." When the historic fires in Yellowstone National Park were at their hottest in 1988, park officials were surprised the problem kept getting worse....
View Article25 years ago, wildfire ran rampant in Yellowstone
POWELL, Wyo. — They called it "Black Saturday." When the historic fires in Yellowstone National Park were at their hottest in 1988, park officials were surprised the problem kept getting worse. They...
View ArticleThere is something evil in the Guilford house
With workers and visitors alike reporting ghostly apparitions, mysterious dark figures, strange smells and hearing odd noises and voices, it is no wonder that the Yankee Pedlar Inn is one of the most...
View ArticleWe Know - A Devotion
Romans 8:28-30 (NLT) And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and...
View ArticleDivine Destiny - A Devotion
Romans 8:28-30 (NLT) And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. For God knew his people in advance, and...
View ArticleThere Are No Bad Bears
Friday, 13 December 2013, 4:08 pm Column: There Are No Bad Bears by December 12, 2013 When he was a tiny little bear cub, Nelson would scamper over to be close to his mother when he heard any loud...
View ArticleMy nani takes 45 minutes to wear her makeup: Armaan Jain
Armaan Jain, 23, is Raj Kapoor's fourth grandchild, who would be entering the movies. He is ambitious, easygoing and reserved and is both, nervous and excited, before his debut in Arif Ali's Lekar Hum...
View ArticleThe Ghost River: a short story by Tony Birch
An old man's story of a secret river grips two teenage boys in this new short story from Tony Birch ...
View Article10 Real World Easter Eggs (Part 3)
Mike Floorwalker January 8, 2014 Check out our new companion site: http://knowledgenuts.com Featured photo credit: Once again, it’s time for our periodic roundup of things that—were one to happen...
View ArticleAnnual Megger Fundraiser for Phoenix Children's Hospital Increases 40% Annual...
Facebook Twitter Pinterest × NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Megger, one of the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of test equipment and measuring instruments for electrical...
View ArticleThe 100-mph-throwing art school kid: An incredible story of a scouting find
About 10 scouts showed up last fall for the Academy of Art University baseball team's pro day. They munched on powdered donuts and sipped the gratis Sunny D and figured this was like any other...
View ArticleCold case still alive in Manitoulin
There are far more fowl than foul deeds up here, but not even Ontario’s Prettiest Village is immune to murder and mayhem. Don’t let the chocolate factory, misty waterfall, wee lighthouse, wild turkeys,...
View ArticleDarragh Ó Sé: Players want managers to tell them what to do
We talk a lot about managers in football. We look at Eamonn Fitzmaurice bringing an All-Ireland to Kerry when nobody expected one and wonder how he did it. Or we look at the effect a Jim McGuinness can...
View ArticleStricker guides Spieth through Presidents Cup debut
DUBLIN, Ohio – Steve Stricker, the last man to hit a shot at the Presidents Cup on Thursday, stood on the 18th green in near darkness at Muirfield Village, put his arm around the young charge to his...
View ArticleDon't miss the beauty for the weeds
We recently returned from a "bucket list" trip to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, where we found amazing, indescribable beauty and blessings to behold. But it's really everywhere, isn't it? There is...
View ArticlePatience made her heart grow fonder
If at first you don’t succeed, hang in there. That’s the moral of today’s tale. It took Alex 22 years and three tries to finally get what he wanted. Sometimes it just takes a woman a long time to make...
View Article'Being Human' recap: 'There Goes The Neighborhood'
SyFy's Being Human season finale is crafted and executed nicely. The inclusion of the voice overs gives the episode a great guiding voice that offered insight and ultimately closure. In addition, flash...
View ArticleOn the run from my father
When Gavan Naden was 10, his mother collected him and his sisters from school on the last day of term. But they didn’t go home – it was the start of a long summer of trying to stay one step ahead of...
View ArticleReader reviews roundup
Still need ideas for Christmas stocking fillers? Find out what our children's site reviewers have been enjoying this week, from adventurous toads and poetic squirrels to historical fiction and...
View ArticleLet me sleep – a Halloween ghost story by Dave Shelton
The author of A Boy and a Bear in a Boat shares a super-creepy story from his new book of spooky short stories, Thirteen Chairs. ...
View ArticleAn inspirational heroine at the Hart of the matter
Josephine Hart was the author of six novels, including the best-selling Damage, and wife of Maurice Saatchi. Born in Ireland, she counted Harold Pinter and Princess Michael of Kent among her London...
View ArticleHarper Lee’s new novel: read the first chapter
An exclusive extract from Go Set A Watchman, the new novel by the author of To Kill A Mockingbird. The book will be published in full on 14 July ...
View ArticleSeries finale provides food for brain
Terry Pratchett. Photo by ODT. This is the fourth and final book in the Long Earth series, written by the late, great Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter, a British science fiction writer whose works...
View ArticleReviews - e-books and audiobooks: Terry Pratchett, Rosamund Lupton, William...
In Terry Pratchett's four previous Long Earth books, we found infinite parallel planets that can be accessed by a Stepper, a device powered by a raw potato. As this suggests, the mood was typically...
View ArticleGo Set A Watchman: read the first chapter - interactive
Since Atlanta, she had looked out the dining-car window with a delight almost physical. Over her breakfast coffee, she watched the last of Georgia’s hills recede and the red earth appear, and with it...
View ArticleSeiberlings left a rich public legacy in Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens
Originally published June 15, 1997 Editor's note: Read Sunday's Beacon Journal and Ohio.com for full coverage of the 100th anniversary of Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. The captain of the Seiberling ship...
View ArticleFrom the archive, 26 August 1974: An interview with Josephine Baker
From a banana-clad dancer at the Folies Bergère to a Croix de Guerre from De Gaulle himself, Tim Murari meets the enigmatic Josephine Baker...
View ArticleRoddy L’Estrange: Vinny trumped by wily old aunt’s final hand
For the midday appointment with solicitors Makepeace and Masterson of Marino Mart, Vinny Fitzpatrick shone like a new pin. His comb-over was trimmed, his only suit dry-cleaned, and he could almost see...
View ArticleThe Funky Genius of Allen Toussaint
Feel-good music never gets enough respect, so the world was always at least one compliment behind when it came to the New Orleans R&B king who did it better than anyone. Shop ▾ You may never even...
View Article‘Being Human’ recap: ‘There Goes The Neighborhood’
SyFy’s Being Human season finale is crafted and executed nicely. The inclusion of the voice overs gives the episode a great guiding voice that offered insight and ultimately closure. In addition, flash...
View ArticleDelia Ephron On The Closeness And Complexity Of Sisterhood
In the opening chapter of her latest book, novelist Delia Ephron writes that losing her older sister, writer Nora Ephron, was like "losing an arm, it's that deranging." Nora, who wrote and directed...
View ArticleAt Yellowstone, man vs. mild
You can’t walk 20 steps in Yellowstone without seeing the warning: “Be Bear Aware.” There are other signs instructing you to never hike alone or even in a pair but always with a least three people in...
View ArticleThe Returned recap: episode eight – The Returned
A beguiling and baffling finale that asked viewers to accept the inexplicable. Would we have it any other way? And will there be a third series?...
View ArticleIn Fear's Alice Englert: 'I never thought fame would make me happy'
It's midday in Soho and Alice Englert bundles out of a cab, a dishevelled whirlwind of smiles and hellos and one quick cigarette before the Guardian drags her into a basement. It's actually one of the...
View ArticlePeter Berg puts his contemporary retreat at Yellowstone Club up for sale
Actor-director-producer Peter Berg of “Friday Night Lights” and “Lone Survivor” fame has put his home at the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Big Sky, Mont., on the market for $6.95 million. Sweeping...
View ArticleSkyping with the enemy: I went undercover as a jihadi girlfriend
When a French journalist posed online as a young woman interested in Isis, she was soon contacted by a fighter in Syria. He proposed marriage – but could she maintain a double life?...
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