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1 month ago |
indiependent.co.uk | Ed Bedford
From the film Conclave to current events in the Vatican, the papacy now is firmly in the public consciousness. So, what better time to return to a 1000-year-old story about it.Rapture, by Australian novelist Emily Maguire, gives new flesh to the story of Pope Joan. The story of a woman in the Middle Ages who disguised herself as a man and became pope.
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1 month ago |
indiependent.co.uk | Ed Bedford
Stanley-Becker’s Europe without Borders: A History feels particularly timely, which might feel strange for a history. But it is by looking at the origins of the Schengen area, and its evolution, that the current tensions within that area, and Europe as a whole, can begin to be understood. These are the same tensions that led to Brexit and that now shape responses to Ukraine, both the war and its relationship with the EU.
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1 month ago |
indiependent.co.uk | Ed Bedford
It can be hard to imagine writers writing. Paraphernalia so often gets in the way – Hemmingway and his drinks or Montaigne and his château – but with Wimhurst I can be almost certain a slight wry smile was involved. How else do you write about Buddhist wolves and rabbits who have grown weary of pacifism? For An Orchid in My Belly Button might well be undoubtedly entertaining, but there is always a cutting edge to the wit.
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2 months ago |
sandiegoreader.com | Ed Bedford
Video:TIN FORK: A history of Teriyaki at the Japanese Friendship Garden“I’m sick of my nuts and twigs,” says Diane. She’s talking about the macrobiotic meals she’s been serving up (she won’t eat my attempts at anything beyond salad). “But babe, I’m in love with all your nuts and twigs,” I say. “Besides, you keep telling me: restaurants load their food with salt and sugar and bad stuff to keep customers coming back.”“Yeah, but we have to do a little experimenting,” she says. “Ooh yes,” I say.
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2 months ago |
indiependent.co.uk | Ed Bedford
The Study, is both an eminently solid explanation of the history of how spaces developed around books in the Renaissance and a more theoretical exploration of the impact of books and their associated spaces on cultures. Neatly split into two sections, ‘Bibliophilia’ and ‘Bibliomania’, it moves from the positive to the negative, mirroring the inevitable end of an untempered love of books. Hui’s prose is elegant and deliberately styled, melding personal discourse with a considered aesthetic.
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