Ciaran Thapar, a youth worker in South London, highlights the sharp end of Britain’s serious life of youth violence epidemic which the media turns into statistics of knife crime. At the secondary school in Elephant and Castle, a vulnerable, pitiful boy named Freddie is permanently excluded, after being threatened he brought a bread knife to…
Jan-Werner Muller, political philosopher and a German teaching history and political philosophy for Princeton University, in his latest Democracy Rules, gives a brisk account about the state of liberal democracy. As the cold war ended the hopes for democracy’s rapid spread to non-democracies dwindled. Concern for its health grew amid backsliding in existing democracies notably …
Funny memoir about sex, dating, and relationships in the digital age, intertwined with investigation into the challenges to love and intimacy wrought by dating apps by 49-yar-old famed Vanity Fair writer and New York Times-bestselling author Nancy Jo Sales asks who to blame for the modern dating malaise:tech companies. Jo Sales award-winning journalist and single…
“ WILD GOOSE” – A NEW NOVEL BY VERY ESTABLISHED WRITER AND POET – SALLY EVANS Sally is a poet working in long and formal styles. She was editor of Poetry Scotland broadsheet 1997-2018, and hosted the popular Callander Poetry Weekends that ran for nearly 20 years. She has published poetry widely in magazines and books, translated…
England. 2 Denmark. 1 Kjaer 39’ og Mikkel Damsgaard 30’ Kane 104′ England beats Denmark 2-1 to qualify for final of Euro 2020, their first final since 1966. Damsgaard’s free-kick opens scoring for Denamrk, the first goal against England …
ENJOY NEW VISUAL EXPERIENCES! Liz Nielsen and Joni Sternbach at 4 Cromwell Place until Friday 9th July at 4 pm. Private appointments other times. Email gallery and arrange. Kathlene Fox-Davies Black Box Projects 07534 449706 katherine@blackboxprojects.art Liz Nielsen’s art is mesmerising. She uses the photogram – which was first mastered by Man Ray and Maholy-Nagy…
“SECRET Wonderland– A NEW SATURN HERALD OCCASIONAL COLUMN Lovers of London History, Lovers of Real Ales, Lovers of Writers – This “watering hole” has something for all…. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese – 145 Fleet Street, Wine Office Court, City of London EC4A 2BU, nestles behind a fairly or even very modest entrance, close to the…
Dilip Kumar, legend who acted in more than 65 Bollywood films spanning five decades playing a variety of iconic roles has died in Mumbai aged 98. He was admitted to hospital on 30 June after breathlessness complaint. He is survived by his wife Saira Banu, a Bollywood actress herself. His burial will take place…
Brazil 1 Peru 0 Lucas Paquea 35′ Lucas Paqueta scored the only goal for Brazil, after Neymar’s brilliant pass in their Copa-America semi-final win against Peru. Neymar’s trickery and ability in the 34th minute beat three defenders on the left before crossing for Paqueta to guide home the semi-final’s only goal. Defending champions Brazil…