I can’t mention the spa without noting my deep-tissue massage, which was nothing short of transformative – with sandalwood oil melting away knots of tension I didn’t realise were there, while listening to the hypnotic sound of the waves. But for all the luxury and in-the-moment tranquility of these islands, it’s bound to prey on
Kendra Winchester is a Contributing Editor for Book Riot where she writes about audiobooks and disability literature. She is also the Founder of Read Appalachia, which celebrates Appalachian literature and writing. Previously, Kendra co-founded and served as Executive Director for Reading Women, a podcast that gained an international following over its six-season run. In her
Kelcey Smith displays UAW buttons in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 10, 2024. Kevin Wurm | The Washington Post | Getty Images Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers — marking a major milestone for the union and its first successful organizing drive of an automaker outside of Detroit’s
Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Bitcoin network on Friday night slashed the incentives rewarded to miners in half for the fourth time in its history. The celebrated event, which takes place about once every four years as mandated in the Bitcoin code, is designed to slow the issuance of bitcoins, thereby creating a scarcity effect
SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Read If You Haven’t Seen Tonight’s Show Season 16 of MTV reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race is over, and America’s Next Drag Superstar has been crowned. This edition of RuPaul’s Drag Race featured 14 queens from across the country battling it out for the win. Contestants besides the final three included
Ania Trzebiatowska has compiled an eclectic selection of fiction and non-fiction titles for the third annual Sands International Film Festival, which kicked off Friday evening in St Andrews, Scotland. Mounted across this weekend in the ancient university town, Trzebiatowska — also a full-time programmer at Sundance — runs the festival with an impressive gang of
The Conservatives were warned ex-Tory MP Mark Menzies’s alleged misuse of party funds may have constituted fraud but the whistleblower was told there was no duty to report it Mr Menzies, the MP for Fylde in Lancashire, gave up the Tory whip in the wake of reports in The Times that he misused party funds.
The UK’s first professional women’s gaming tournament of its kind starts on Saturday. Four teams of professional gamers will play the first-person shooter game Valorant, which is the most-watched esports game in women’s leagues. It is the first time Europe’s best teams have battled it out in the UK, and organisers hope it will bring
News Watch Taylor Swift and Post Malone’s New “Fortnight” Video Ethan Hawke and Josh Charles co-star with Swift and Malone in the first Tortured Poets Department music video By Matthew Strauss April 19, 2024 Facebook X Taylor Swift in “Fortnight,” directed by Taylor Swift Facebook X Taylor Swift has released her first Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift is not always known for being subtle with her references—just ask Jake (or John, or Joe, or…you get the idea). So when The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology dropped on 19 April with a whopping 15 additional bonus tracks, including “thanK you aIMee,” Swifties immediately clocked those capitalised letters as a likely reference
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In this photo illustration, Pantene and Head & Shoulders hair products are displayed on July 28, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Procter & Gamble on Friday reported mixed quarterly results as it struggles to bring back shoppers after two years of hiking prices across its portfolio, from Tide detergent to Charmin
A drone operator loads a Walmart package into Zipline’s P1 fixed-wing drone for delivery to a customer home in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on March 30, 2023. Bunee Tomlinson Autonomous delivery drone startup Zipline said Friday that it hit its 1 millionth delivery to customers and that it’s eyeing restaurant partnerships in its next phase of
UPDATE, 12:10 PM: The man who set himself on fire outside Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York City is alive, but in “critical condition,” according to the New York Police. The individual has been identified as a “Max Azzarello”, the NYPD said in a press conference on the site of the incident. PREVIOUSLY,
EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Coen has rounded out the cast for his comedy Honey Don’t! for Focus Features and Working Title, on which we were first to report. Newcomers include Charlie Day (Fool’s Paradise), Billy Eichner (Bros), Lera Abova (Anna), Jacnier (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory National Tour), Gabby Beans (Presumed Innocent), Talia Ryder (Dumb Money), Kristin
Nicola Sturgeon has described her personal situation as “incredibly difficult” after her husband was charged in connection with the embezzlement of SNP funds. Peter Murrell, who was chief executive of the party until March 2023, was rearrested on Thursday amid a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the SNP’s finances, dubbed Operation Branchform. The 59-year-old remained
As the title suggests, The Tortured Poets Department is a break-up album, and one that doesn’t disappoint in deconstructing Taylor Swift’s failed relationships and old boyfriends gone bad. We hear about a chain-smoking man who tells jokes that are “revolting and far too loud” in I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can); a “coward”
News David Byrne Covers Paramore’s “Hard Times”: Listen After Paramore covered “Burning Down the House,” the Talking Heads singer returns the favor By Jazz Monroe April 19, 2024 Facebook X David Byrne, May 2023 (Cindy Ord/Getty Images) Facebook X David Byrne has covered Paramore’s After Laughter single “Hard Times,” returning the favor after Hayley Williams
A new Taylor Swift album means one thing to the codebreakers known as Swifties: spending hours poring over every line, allusion, and reference, figuring out what it all means in the scope of Swift’s life and lore. Now that The Tortured Poets Department, her 11th studio album (not counting the re-records), has dropped, it’s time
This year’s Republic of Consciousness Prize has been announced. The prize was established in the UK in 2017 before getting a U.S. version, and seeks to support small presses, which often take the biggest literary risks with fewer financial means. This year’s UK winner is Charco Press because of the book Of Cattle and Men