‘I’m in Germany the week before the election and one thing shocked me’
But stepping off the plane into the freezing East German air to cover today's election I was shocked to discover the opposite ...
Death of a language and the world’s longest kiss
The Thai couple that broke the world record for the longest kiss twice. Plus, it’s 60 years since the controversial black activist, Malcolm X was assassinated. We hear from a man who was in the ...
10 best spy movies (that aren’t James Bond)
Several non-James Bond spy movies deliver edge-of-your-seat suspense with sophisticated storytelling, from North by Northwest ...
Justine Bateman and the return of the 1980s
The New York Times may lament the return of the 1980s, but this was an era of patriotism, and we should welcome the return of ...
Rescuing Mrs. Orwell | In Conversation With Anna Funder
George Orwell’s first wife Eileen was a writer herself and an Oxford graduate whose creative input and support to her husband were barely acknowledged. Australian Writer Anna Funder used newly ...