Children facing a ‘happiness recession’ says laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce | Books
Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce has called on Keir Starmer's government to “stand up and show tangible signs that this country cares about its children”. The author will hold a summit on children's reading in Liverpool on Wednesday, where Rachel de Sousa, Children's Commissioner for England, and former Children's Laureates Michael Rosen and Cressida Cowell will […]
Justices agree to hear Maryland case on parents' rights and LGBTQ books
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit brought by a group of Maryland parents alleging that their child's school district refused to allow them to opt out of elementary school classes that included books with LGBTQ themes and characters. He announced that he would consider it. Parents represented by the Beckett Fund for Religious […]
Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Parents’ Challenge To Schools That Mandate Books Celebrating Gender Transitions
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a parent's challenge to a school district's request to force children to participate in story time featuring books about gender and sexuality. among them petitionparents asked the Supreme Court to consider whether the Montgomery County Board of Education's decision to ignore religious objections violated the Free Exercise Clause […]
Live Forever? by John S Tregoning review – adventures in mortality | Science and nature books
TPublishing a book in January is to let the world know that you have the secret of miraculous self-improvement. Head to bookstores now for brand-new books on how to eat better, drink better, sleep better, prevent dementia, overcome anxiety, heal intergenerational trauma, and generally become invincible in the process. You will find the book. Frankly, […]
‘Listen my soul to the glad refrain’: poetry prescriptions to beat the January blues | Books
“Last year is over, they seem to say,” wrote Philip Larkin in his poem “The Trees.” “Let’s start anew, anew, anew.” As we try to make sense of things in the middle of winter (when the world is in such turmoil, both literally and figuratively), the distilled nature of poetry creates a kind of alchemy. […]
The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis | Science and nature books
aIn recent years, there have been many memoirs centered on nature, including Marianne Brown's debut work, shetland waybegins with a personal loss. The story begins with her father Bill's funeral in her hometown of the Shetland Islands, a place she has only glimpsed. Her parents separated when she was two years old, and her relationship […]
The books members of Congress are reading
Since opening an independent bookstore on Long Island, I've often been asked by former colleagues in Congress for book recommendations. At the beginning of each new year, I survey my members about their preferences. Here's the latest answer: Best books of 2024 or titles on your bookshelf to read in 2025. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana): […]
Marlon Brando fury at ‘feeling like a freak’ among revelations in new book of Hollywood secrets | Books
Marlon Brando was the original angry young man and won an Oscar for his role in “Academy Awards''. on the waterfrontA film directed by Elia Kazan about corruption in labor unions. However, at the Italian premiere in 1954, he realized that his voice had been dubbed and refused to watch it in anger, a new […]
KLIPPER: My Favorite Books Of 2024
I don't often cover contemporary literature. There's an agenda to everything these days, especially anything that might get literary attention, and I certainly can live without “feminist trauma” or historical fiction that “uplifts marginalized voices.” But even among the sea of Space Lawn nonsense, a few worthwhile reads stand out. kids are not okay Want […]
Little-known Canadian crypto firm Matador adds Bitcoin to its books – Cointelegraph
Canadian real-world asset tokenization company Matador Technologies has become the latest company to incorporate Bitcoin into its treasury. company said The company announced on December 23 that its board of directors had unanimously approved adding Bitcoin (BTC) and “US dollar-denominated assets” to its balance sheet as part of what it calls a “long-term capital preservation […]