J. E. Smyth

Dec 4, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Adam Mars-Jones |Mary Beard |Vanessa Curtis |J. E. Smyth

Dear Pedro Almodóvar, I resisted your early films when they came out, put off by the naughty-boy transgressions and failing to recognize their vitality and underlying good humour. Then, in 1988, the first sequence of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown made a convert of me, with the camera on a level with Carmen Maura’s feet as she paced in desperation back and forth across a polished floor like a cornered tigress in high heels.

Nov 20, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Vanessa Curtis |Adam Mars-Jones |J. E. Smyth |Philippa Snow

In a market crowded with full-length biographies of Vivien Leigh, Lyndsy Spence wisely refrains from adding another one. Instead she focuses on the years 1953–67, covering the period when Leigh was beginning to lose her grip on reality due to an escalation of bipolar illness. She had already won Oscars for the roles of Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois, and her high-profile marriage to Laurence Olivier was failing, damaged by his repeated infidelities and her fragile mental health.

Nov 19, 2024 | df.cl | M. I. McCormick |S. Palma |L. Fedor |J. E. Smyth

Huston / Washington / Nueva York Donald Trump ha nominado al empresario de esquisto Chris Wright como secretario de Energía, un rol que colocaría al petrolero en el centro de la campaña de la administración para flexibilizar las restricciones a la industria de los combustibles fósiles. Wright “ha sido un destacado tecnólogo y empresario en el sector energético”, afirmó Trump en un comunicado el domingo pasado.

Oct 23, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | J. E. Smyth

Welcome to the TLSWinner of the 2024 Niche Market Newspaper of the Year Award and proudly niche since 1902.

Oct 2, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | J. E. Smyth

Welcome to the TLSWinner of the 2024 Niche Market Newspaper of the Year Award and proudly niche since 1902.