Toni Morrison
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The garden of literature: a means of exorcising the violence of family
- Books
- January 30, 2019, 05:00
Last July, on a Greek island outcrop overhanging the Aegean, US author Paula Saunders gave her first public reading from her superb debut novel, The D(...)

US Democrats are rediscovering identity politics
- Europe
- August 16, 2018, 01:00
The world did not always notice, so absorbed was it in the fact of his blackness, but Barack Obama sought to de-emphasise race. Had events not forced (...)

100 books by women you have to read
- Books
- June 4, 2018, 16:14
The 2018 Hay Festival, in collaboration with The Pool, published this list of 100 books by women, including works by Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Maria(...)

Carrie on screaming: the 20 best Stephen King movies
- Film
- August 12, 2017
Stephen King is not the most-adapted author in history. It just feels that way. The International Movie Database lists a staggering 238 credits, but t(...)

HDLSS: Selections from Dumb – Socially conscious pop from smart NY heads
- Music
- August 10, 2017, 11:00
Following an extended hiatus, the second album from New York-based duo HDLSS (that’s Headless with the vowels gone Awol) is a sumptuously detailed whi(...)

Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73
- Film
- April 26, 2017, 17:44
The US director Jonathan Demme, who won an Oscar for The Silence of the Lambs, has died at the age of 73. The cause of death has been announced as “oe(...)

Adele swept the 59th annual Grammy Awards for her album 25, an enormous hit around the world, in a night that shut out Beyoncé from the major awards a(...)

Obama interview: the books that guided him
- Books
- January 16, 2017, 15:05
Q: These books that you gave to your daughter Malia on the Kindle, what were they? Some of your favourites? A: I think some of them were sort of th(...)

Eileen Battersby: How can America begin to heal?
- US
- November 9, 2016, 07:32
It’s over and nobody really won because the United States has lost so much dignity, honour, respect and hope – qualities that matter more than wealth.(...)

It's not enough to love your kids equally
- Health & Family
- July 3, 2016, 19:00
In this six-part series, John Sharry advises parents on how to promote emotional wellbeing and confidence in children and teenagers Wh(...)