Meet the Edinburgh street artist who paints rubbish instead of walls
Valér Fekete, AKA Soir, has left thousands of his artworks on the capital's streets. He spoke to The Herald about politics, his past and why ...
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RUMOUR: Irish club wants Springbok Damian Willemse
Irish giants Leinster are reportedly circling Cape waters in an attempt to lure the Springbok ace away from the Stormers.
The Chinese Communist Party’s Ultimate Taboo
Fang Fang’s newly translated novel uncovers the brutal, buried history of land reform in China.
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The great American Dust Bowl novel inspired by a woman’s childhood on a dryland farm in Southeastern Colorado
This is exactly what happened to the late author Sanora Babb. Her inspiration began as a child in Southeastern Colorado after ...
From Thompson to timeless: How the inaugural NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race laid a foundation for decades of success
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is still thriving 40 years after its first race, which took place at Thompson Speedway ...
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Book reviews
Unable to fight, the USA turned to smuggling 10 million books across the Iron Curtain, as Charlie English’s The CIA Book Club deftly relates ...
Bucks say Damian Lillard has deep vein thrombosis in his right calf
The Oakland product is the second NBA star this season to be diagnosed with the condition, joining Victor Wembanyama, who was ...
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Finding Flannery: How the Catholic Writer Became My Literary Guide
Born Mary Flannery O’Connor on March 25, 1935, Flannery wrote two novels and 32 short stories before dying from lupus in 1964 ...
In David Szalay’s ‘Flesh,’ a reminder of the body’s betrayals
It’s been nine years since David Szalay’s last novel, “All That Man Is,” and while he quickly followed it up with an ...
In the long-awaited sequel to "Wolf Hall," mortality stalks Cromwell's conscience
Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick ...
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10 Short Books to Read This Thanksgiving Break
This short collection of essays finds the good in the small things, from birthdays to the praying mantis. Gay’s follow-up, The Book of (More) Delights, was published this year. courtesy amazon ...