Elizabeth Nunez, Who Chronicled the Immigrant’s Challenges, Dies at 80
In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for ...
British Author Says Space Inspired Booker Prize-winning Novel
A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital", which this week ...
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British Museum Receives $1.2 B. Worth of Chinese Ceramics, the Largest Gift in its History
The British Museum has been gifted one of the world's most prodigious collections of Chinese ceramics, worth £1 billion ...
What the BBC should do with Gary Lineker’s salary
The departure of Gary Lineker from Match of the Day has got me thinking about money. The former England striker was, as we ...
Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey: ‘It can be hard to write from a white British perspective’
Before Tuesday night, the author Samantha Harvey had got used to thinking of herself as a bit of an underdog. “It’s not out ...
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A British ‘culture warrior’? Kemi Badenoch sets Conservatives on populist path.
After a record defeat in Britain’s last election, many Conservatives decided that they needed to be more populist. Their ...
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The Meaning of the First World War
World War I gave rise to a heated century-long debate about its causes. In Disputing Disaster, Perry Anderson surveys this ...
British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for fiction with space-station novel 'Orbital'
British author Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for her novel "Orbital," which focuses on six astronauts aboard the ...
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Africa World Initiative hosts Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation and in the classroom
The 2021 Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah (left) captivated the audience in a wide-ranging conversation Oct. 30 ...
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China in Transition: Witnessing the Mao Era’s End with Andy Kirkpatrick
CHINA-UNDERGROUND. Matteo Damiani is an Italian sinologist, photographer, author and motion designer. Matteo lived and worked for ten years in China. Founder of CinaOggi.it and China-underground.com.
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Eighth Annual Milton-A-Thon Brings ‘Paradise Lost’ to Life
Continuing an annual tradition, Colgate University’s English and creative writing department and medieval and renaissance studies program hosted its eighth Milton-a-thon Sunday, Nov. 3. Beginning at ...
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Postpartum Exercise Cuts Odds of Postpartum Depression
Odds of postpartum depression are reduced by 45 percent in individuals who engaged in postpartum exercise, according ...