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...Amid the glut of pandemic fiction, the best — Ali Smith’s Summer (2020), Sarah Moss’s The Fell (2021) — approach the virus as a springboard for commenting on wider political issues, or use it to focus on...
...He continues for some pages in this way before returning to his original plan, and he neatly crosses out every ich, every “I” and replaces it with K., the initial by which the protagonist would be forever...
...this May — and a profusion of forthcoming books includes A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, short stories inspired by Kafka and written by authors including Tommy Orange, Helen Oyeyemi, Elif Batuman and Ali...
...It’s testament to the impact Lloyd and Barron made with Firecrotch & Normcore that they have already snagged some heavyweight guests including Black Mirror’s Charlie Brooker and Bisha K Ali; Sarah Phelps...
...Antipodean star Jane Harper, whose novels featuring federal investigator Aaron Falk have securely located her in the upper echelons....
...Blockchain tracing firm Elliptic discovered that the majority of funds belonging to Ali Shafiu, described as Isis-K’s “apparent representative in the Maldives”, were held in Tether’s USDT....
...Ethan WuB-O-N-K. Bonk, right on the head. Katie MartinHmm. Means something different in English, English English. But whatever....
...Mania by Lionel Shriver (Borough Press/Harper)Never shy of getting stuck in, Shriver now sets her satirical sights on groupthink and the policing of thought....
...Carrez adds that Cartier’s ambassadors come from varied professional paths, such as boxer and author Ramla Ali and actor Paul Mescal, who does not have a social media presence....
...Also part of the group was Baraat Ali, who had fled with his family from Kabul where he had run a truck business that held contracts with Nato forces....
...“Part of the point of yesterday is the removal of K Stone,” he said. Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng also suggested on Thursday morning she should resign....
...Ali Maow Maalin, 23 years old, a cook and part-time vaccinator, astonishingly, had not been vaccinated....
...But the deal may also be a strong indicator for a K-shaped recovery in sports: the Yankees and Cowboys are the most valuable franchises in Major League Baseball and the National Football League, according...
...Previous films were Stan & Ollie, starring John C Reilly (Oliver Hardy) and Steve Coogan (Stan Laurel) for which Ms Ward was nominated for a Bafta, and Wild Rose, directed by Tom Harper and starring Jessie...
...The signers of the Harper’s letter are by and large people with large platforms in no danger of actually being cancelled....
...: (h/t to Ali Al-Salim for spotting this.)...
...The goofy, honey-toned marvel Jason Samuels Smith may have feigned that his wizardry was spinning his head too, and the charming, bearish Derick K....
...Browne, New York; Sean Putnam, Wellingborough, UK; Richard Cauman, Knoxville, US Polymath 1,039: Kallirroi Kapetanaki, Luxembourg Crossword 16,266: Wilbur Heenan, Ireland; Dr Mike Ewart, East Lothan; Ali...
...For example, in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, there is the sentence: “The neighbourhood thought when Mr. Radley went under Boo would come out, but it had another think coming.”...
...“I hope to f**k it’s the last time and all.” Such defections may be outweighed by more considered tactical voting....
...London itself gets a supporting role in Citizen K, Alex Gibney’s densely packed documentary study of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, oligarch-in-exile....
...This video is harmless, but Patrini says that (female) K-Pop singers have become major targets of fake porn....
...Tracy K Smith, America’s former poet laureate, wrote after her death of Morrison’s ability to capture the spirit of her fractured homeland. “Black life is the canvas for Ms Morrison’s body of work....
...Spring , by Ali Smith, Hamish Hamilton, RRP£16.99/Pantheon, RRP$25.95 The third book of Smith’s seasonal quartet, which reflects the concerns of the time in which each novel is written....
...Several long-term Noma chefs have shares in the business, including Ali Sonko, who began by washing dishes and is now the smiling doorman, greeting guests....
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