Month: October 2022

Books are an ideal helpmate when dealing with mental health issues. I don’t mean self-help books, although they can certainly help if you like them. I mean books in general: literary and genre fiction, nonfiction, poetry. To be clear, books aren’t a substitute for professional help. But they can be an addendum: there is a
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Richie Anderson and Giovanni Pernice won high praise from fans after a stunning performance to “Dancin’ Fool” by Barry Manilow on Strictly Come Dancing. (BBC) Richie Anderson wowed Strictly Come Dancing fans and judges after a show-stopping performance that incorporated iconic Beyoncé choreography. The gay Radio 2 presenter and his professional partner Giovanni Pernice dazzled with a
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British author Guy Morpuss was a barrister and QC, and saw some unusual cases during his 30-year legal career, but certainly none so strange as the one he crafts in Black Lake Manor. His second novel after Five Minds, it’s a dark, complex mystery, set in the future with time travel, spooky elements and even
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News Watch Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Sad13, and Bully’s Alicia Bognanno Cover Pavement’s “Grounded” They played the Wowee Zowee track at NYC’s pop-up Pavement Museum By Madison Bloom October 2, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sad13, Snail Mail, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, and Soccer Mommy (Jake Whitener) Facebook Twitter On Saturday night (October 1), Pavement took a break
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Mother knows best…how to give her critics more to chew on. On Sept. 30, Yolanda Hadid shared a TikTok video showing herself eating from a large bowl of almonds in various settings. The mother of supermodels Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid captioned the clip show, “#worstmomever #almonds.” The video appeared to be a comedic response to the backlash Yolanda has received online
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Since the early 1990s, Jeremiah Moss has lived in—and fiercely loved—New York City. In 2007, the poet and psychoanalyst launched the blog Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York, which became the foundation for 2017’s well-received Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul. In blog and book, Moss bemoaned the damaging outcomes of hypergentrification. Five
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The Terrence Higgins Trust said Thérèse Coffey’s decision not to get more monkeypox vaccines “would be concerning and shortsighted”. (Getty) Health secretary Thérèse Coffey has been accused of ‘jeopardising public health’ after she decided not to secure extra monkeypox vaccines despite advice from officials. Coffey decided not to purchase a recommended 70,000 extra doses of
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News The Avalanches Cancel 2022 Tour Due to “Serious Illness” Their remaining eight shows in the US and Canada have been scrapped By Nina Corcoran October 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Avalanches, photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns Facebook Twitter The Avalanches’ current 2022 tour of North America has been canceled “due to serious illness.” The group
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Bella Hadid doesn’t just slay the runway, she sprays. During Paris Fashion Week, the supermodel made jaws drop at the Coperni fashion show on Sept. 30 when she strutted out on to the runway topless, covering her breasts with her hands, while wearing nude underwear and heels.  When she reached the center of the stage, Bella stood tall and still as
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California senator Scott Wiener said SB 107 will “offer refuge” to trans youth if “they’re being criminalised in their home states” for seeking gender-affirming healthcare. (Getty) California governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill making the state a refuge for trans youth and their families from bans against gender-affirming care elsewhere in the US. 
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Whenever the theme of love intersects with crime fiction, not only will hearts be broken but blood will be spilled. And so it is this week in our news column as we bring you a fairytale wedding gone wrong with Alex Pine, a kidnapped wife in Lilja Sigurdardóttir’s latest, an angry jilted wife with a
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