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1 month ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Michael LaPointe |Alice Wadsworth |Lindsey Hilsum |Russell Williams
Lionel Trilling’s The Middle of the Journey (1947), James Wood’s Upstate (2018), Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts (2021) – there is always a special interest in a novel written by an accomplished critic. Leo Robson, a well-known reviewer for magazines such as the New Yorker, Harper’s and the , has thrown his hat into the ring with his debut novel, . It is 2012 in London, the BT Tower is counting down the minutes to the Olympic Games, and our thirty-year-old narrator, Johnny, has inherited a house.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
the-tls.co.uk | Toby Lichtig |Beejay Silcox |Michael LaPointe |Houman Barekat
Winner of the 2024 Niche Market Newspaper of the Year Award and proudly niche since 1902. Glimpses of CamelotA storyteller steeped in the ‘psychic life of the land’When it came to creature comforts, Ithell Colquhoun did not require much.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe
Hamburg is like a German Seattle. It’s the third largest port city in Europe, with cloudy and rainy winters and an industrial vibe with links to a famous music scene. The city has had its share of tragedy- first, the major fire of 1842 which destroyed most of the city, and then, the allied bombing campaign during World War 2.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe
VICENZA-I did not know what to expect when I arrived at the property. I did not imagine I would be sleeping under and next to frescos painted by Giambattista Tiepolo, a master of the late Baroque period, and his son, Giandomenico Tiepolo. Having the whole museum to myself at night seemed an unlikely reality, but that is what I experienced. I had a chance to wander seven heavily frescoed rooms long after closing hours when I was the only one in the Foresteria (“guest house” in Italian).
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe |Bartolomeo Ammannati
PADUA-As the gate opened, I was struck by the centrepiece in the courtyard, a gigantic statue of Hercules which was sculpted by Bartolomeo Ammannati during the sixteenth century. Ammannati, who closely followed the style of Michaelangelo, is also known for his other works such as the Neptune Fountain in the Piazza della Signoria which was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
the-tls.co.uk | Suzi Feay |Alison Kelly |Catherine Taylor |Michael LaPointe
Some novels, particularly those of a supernatural or fantastical bent, can read like working notes for their fullest iteration as a movie. By contrast, Andrew Michael Hurley’s grisliest jolts are best achieved without the use of special effects. Take the recent adaptation of his novel Starve Acre (TLS, November 29, 2019; September 20, 2024 for the film), with Matt Smith as a bereaved archaeologist monitoring a dead hare’s uncanny regeneration in a cardboard box.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
the-tls.co.uk | Michael LaPointe |Alison Kelly |Suzi Feay |Catherine Taylor
In the town, no one has a shadow. That is because the people have their shadows stripped at birth, or else leave them at the impenetrable twenty-six-foot-high wall that surrounds the town, guarded by a gruff Gatekeeper. The clocks have no hands here, but seasons do pass; in the winter the local population of unicorns dies off, and the Gatekeeper burns their carcasses in a pit, the smoke visible for miles. The town is serene but somehow vacant, with its bland food, lack of music, dreamless sleeps.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe
ROME - Ulbaldo Manuali was sentenced to 9 years and 10 months for rape by impersonating American actor Keanu Reeves on social media in order to lure women. Between Sept. 2022 and Jan. 2023 the 60 year old garbage collector raped two women in the Viterbo area and one woman in the Frosinote area. The ruling was pronounced by the Court of Viterbo by Judge Daniela Rispoli.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe
Michael LaPointe 17 September 2024 17 September 2024 Rome - Italian Astronaut and Air Force Colonel Walter Villadei returned from the Axion 3 mission at the International Space Station with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta’s Flag. For this extraordinary event the doors which are usually closed were open to press on Monday at the Villa Magistrate Headquarters of the Order of Malta on Aventine Hill.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
italianinsider.it | Michael LaPointe
CINQUE TERRE -- The Mayor of Riomaggiore, Fabrizia Pecunia, reopened the Via dell'Amore (Path of Love) after a 12-year closure due to a landslide in September 2012. The world-famous romantic hiking path connects the two villages Riomaggiore and Manarola, two of the five villages that make up Cinque Terre, the beloved travel destination of the Liguria region in Italy. Cinque Terre was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
