Tag: life
‘I know that his life and indeed his death have touched many people’
THE Bailiff has added his own personal tribute to Islander Simon Boas, who died on Monday at the age of 47. Sir Timothy Le Cocq said Mr Boas – to whom he presented the Bailiff’s Silver Seal in May – displayed “a philosophy of courage and optimism which we may all admire”. He had become …
Tucker Carlson seems to be having the time of his life at the RNC
MILWAUKEE — When Donald Trump made his triumphant return to the spotlight on Monday night, after surviving an assassination attempt just days earlier, the first person to greet him in the VIP box at the Republican National Convention was Tucker Carlson. The former president offered Carlson a firm handshake and put his left arm on …
‘There is still time to turn your life around’: Hillsborough 14-year-old arrested for 4th time in 16 months
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office arrested a 14-year-old boy Sunday. Deputies were responding to a call of someone breaking into a car on Crestridge Road in Tampa. Florida home developer Sergio Pino dead amid FBI raid: report The department said one of the victims tried to confront the person at their …
Opinion | College students study plenty. What they need is more social life.
Kids these days seem to be doing everything but studying: starting up tech companies, leading assorted extracurriculars and, of course, protesting on the lawn. This may sound like a classic “back in my day” spiel from an out-of-touch old man, but it’s actually my firsthand experience. I recently graduated from Harvard University, and was struck …
Bushman review – amazing real-time evocation of a Nigerian’s life in 70s America | Film
Film Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam plays a lightly fictionalised version of himself in David Schickele’s restored 1971 film reflecting on race and nationality Here is a unique document: a 1971 work by US musician and film-maker David Schickele, long neglected but now restored and reissued. It is a vividly beautiful and dynamic monochrome work resembling …
Life Without Lemons Would Be Sour Indeed
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, the old adage says. That’s good advice, but there’s an assumption underlying it that ought to be challenged. What’s wrong with lemons? A life without them — from the culinary perspective — would be sour indeed. I came to this deep, philosophical revelation while lounging at the backyard …
A Little Night Music: 53 Musicians? The Glamorous Life Indeed!
Jason Gotay, Shuler Hensley, Susan Graham, Marsha Mason, Ruthie Ann Miles, Ron Raines, and Kerstin Anderson in A Little Night Music. Photo: Joan Marcus Is anyone having a better season—nay, a better two weeks—than Jonathan Tunick? First there was the dreamy Encores! production of Titanic—the true stars of which were Maury Yeston’s sweeping score and …
We’ve reached peak tat. It’s time to turn all online shoppers like me into primeval ooze | Life and style
Opinion Does anyone really need a hamster harness or a £2.93 bag of 40 miniature plastic babies that will be washing up on beaches for the next millennium? My WhatsApp messages show that I spend a lot of time complaining about capitalism, probably because I want to sound deep and radical, like a Sally Rooney …