Brad Taylor Has a Theory About What Makes for Good Thrillers
Characters, characters, characters. Read more...
Think You Know the Next James Bond? Dont Bet on It
British bookmakers have suspended betting on the identity of the next Bond after the odds on the actor Tom Hiddleston shortened sharply in recent days. Read more...
PIERS MORGAN What's my New Year's resolution? To weigh the same as Eamonn Holmes!
I'm not really into making New Year's resolutions, and especially not today because I find the notion of doing Veganuary and Dry January particularly preposterous during another lockdown. Read more...
QA host Hamish Macdonald reveals what made him quit Instagram and Twitter in 2020
Hamish MacDonald quit social media in the middle of 2020. Read more...
Is President Biden Ready for the New Senate?
Mr. Biden, a man of old Washington, might be in for a rude awakening. Read more...
Coronavirus Wearing TWO masks block 20% more particles than one
Wearing a thicker fabric mask over a surgical one may act like a double-filter and improve the fit of face coverings, University of California, San Francisco, scientists advise. Read more...
Baryshnikov Arts Announces Digital Season
New work by Kyle Marshall, Bijayini Satpathy, Justin Hicks and others will debut throughout the spring. Read more...
Amazon's store plan faces delay as developer goes bust
The Amazon Go store near Notting Hill tube station in West London had been expected to be the first for the new venture. The stores are planned to be completely contact-free. Read more...
Do Museums Need a Shopping Network for Art Donations?
A new venture suggests it will help art institutions find works of art that collectors have decided they want to give away as gifts. Read more...
Stocks hit record again. Is Trump the reason?
The market is at all-time highs and many say Trump is the reason. But stocks were rallying when investors thought Hillary Clinton would win. Janet Yellen and the Fed may deserve more of the credit for the market's move. Read more...
Pep Guardiola Premier League should have fewer teams to raise standard
City boss Guardiola has been especially vocal this season about the congested fixture list and the negative impact that has had on the number of injuries to players. Read more...
How the US has radically transformed during the 78 years of Joe Biden's life
At the age of 78, Joe Biden is already older than Ronald Reagan was when he left office in 1989 after serving two full terms as president. Read more...
BBC programme tells 9-year-olds there are 'over 100 genders'
The film, 'Identity - Understanding Sexual and Gender Identities', is being offered on the BBC's website as part of its relationships and sex education package. Read more...
How letters nearly put paid to David Lean's version of A Passage To India
It is a film classic that garnered 11 Oscar nominations, but David Lean's adaptation of A Passage To India faced strong opposition from the executors of author E. M. Forster's literary estate. Read more...
How BBC's Mehreen Baig discovered her fitness plan could endanger her health
Mehreen Baig, pictured, was taking part in a BBC show The Truth About... Getting Fit At Home where she discovered her exercise regime has left her lacking some vital hormones. Read more...
Made by Hand in America A New Book Tells the Story of Unsung Artisans
Craft An American History, by Glenn Adamson, considers the often disparaged tradition of artisanal work from colonial days to todays maker movement. Read more...
Walter Bernstein, Celebrated Screenwriter, Is Dead at 101
His movies included Fail Safe, Paris Blues and, perhaps most notably, The Front, based on his own experience of being blacklisted. Read more...
Artist creates portraits of celebrities - using cornflakes
Illustrator and photographer Sarah Rosado used cereal to produce renderings of famous musicians, including Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and John Lennon. Read more...