Life’s to short to … use a smartphone
Rutger Bregman, author
For years, I told myself I could manage my smartphone use. I tried the usual tricks: switching off notifications, deleting addictive apps,…

Rutger Bregman, author
For years, I told myself I could manage my smartphone use. I tried the usual tricks: switching off notifications, deleting addictive apps,…

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If you find yourself ice-skating at Somerset House in central London over the next week or so (and hurry: you’ve got only until 11 January before it closes), then first please accept my commiserations. Second, please also note that the Chinese…

I am in my 80s and an old friend has several health issues. She will probably die in the not too distant future due to the inoperable cancer she has been aware of for some years.
She has two adult children, with domestic and career problems of…

Brigitte Bardot inspired many fantasies, from the wanton, panting reveries of assorted French auteurs in the 1950s and 60s, to the perky-nippled bust created in 1969 as a model for Marianne, the embodiment of the French Republic itself.
With her…


The Mizzou men’s basketball team opened Southeastern Conference play with a win over No. 22 Florida on Saturday night at Mizzou Arena. With the victory, the Tigers improve to 11-3 and 1-0 in SEC action, while the nationally-ranked Gators fall to…