Cafe tables under olive trees, medieval villages and swimming in turquoise waters: Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyll in Greece during lockdown Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and Kardamyli in Greece Old Kardamyli is a preserved medieval village of fortified tower houses leading to the Taygetos foothills The … Read more
A writer whipped up a guessing game online as to which Hollywood A-List star bad-mouthed Armie Hammer amid leaked ‘cannibalism and rape messages.’ Anna Peele tweeted a Hammer anecdote along with the 2017 piece written by Anne Helen Petersen where the former Buzzfeed Senior Culture Writer described ‘Ten Long Years Of Trying To Make Armie … Read more
A young adult author has been ‘canceled’ after she defended the writers of The Scarlett Letter and other classic novels on Twitter. The incident occurred when antiracist and anti-bias educator Lorena Germán wrote a tweet on November 30 advocating for more diversity among books that are taught in schools. In response, Jessica Cluess, who wrote … Read more
A German court has fined an academic for claiming that a Jewish concentration camp prisoner had a lesbian relationship with an SS guard. Dr Anna Hájková, an historian at the University of Warwick, has been fined €4,000 (£3,700) for breaching an injunction that prevents her from naming the prisoner. The injunction was granted to the … Read more
Yesterday, in the first part of our exclusive new Sherlock Holmes mystery, the eminent detective and Dr Watson were visited by a wealthy impresario whose valuable antique clock had been stolen. But, more disturbingly, the clock’s owner had received seven macabre Christmas cards, signed only by ‘a friend’. Could there be a link to the burglar? … Read more
Oxford Union’s planned talk on ‘cancel culture’ by trans row writer Graham Linehan is AXED after complaints it would cause controversy Oxford Union invited Graham Linehan to give talk then cancelled his appearance Invited to give the talk on ‘cancel culture’ on December 8 but offer rescinded Union blamed ‘logistical difficulties’ and said it hoped to … Read more
His books are a masterclass in the dark arts of concealment, offering up their secrets stealthily, with one invariably leading on to another. But figuring out their author, the spy writer John Le Carré, is like peeling off layers of the Russian dolls made famous by the TV adaptation of his most successful novel, Tinker … Read more
Jill Biden on Sunday night hit back at a Wall Street Journal author who mocked her use of the doctor title, as the university where he previously taught distanced itself from his ‘misogynistic’ writing. Columnist Joseph Epstein, 83, labelled the future first lady, 69, ‘kiddo’ in the piece published Friday in which he said she … Read more
A Wall Street Journal op-ed has sparked fury after it argued Jill Biden‘s doctor title ‘sounds and feels fraudulent, not to say a touch comic’. Columnist Joseph Epstein, 83, labelled the future first lady, 69, ‘kiddo’ in the piece published Friday in which he said she should ‘think about it and forthwith drop the doc’. … Read more
Legendary spy writer John Le Carre dies aged 89 after a short illness, his agent announces Author John Le Carre, 89, died in Cornwall on Saturday, literary agent confirms The author died after a short battle with pneumonia, but did not have Covid-19 Paying tribute, his agent Jonny Geller said: ‘His like will never be … Read more