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As an undergraduate, on a tour of Europe, I happened to step into the church where Saint Valentine’s head was kept. The tour guide told us a (likely fictitious) story about Saint Valentine performing forbidden marriages for persecuted Christians under the Roman emperor Claudius Gothicus (possibly 269-270 AD). Valentine was…

We usually run the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list on Fridays but replaced it with a review of Birnam Wood

We couldn't find any negative review of physicist Steven Koonin's Unsettled that disputed its claims directly or even described them accurately.

The suspect also grabbed a stool -as if he planned to throw it towards or use it to hit the staff member

Feminist author and cultural critic Roxane Gay has announced her first-ever live show in Scotland.

It was a riot of words, laughter and a little bit of male bashing as writers Rakhshanda Jalil, Mridula Garg and Swapna Liddle came together for the session — Delhi and women writers down the years: How writing changed — moderated by Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr at Times Litfest 2023.

The 28-year-old’s fictional tale sold for seven figures, is a New York Times bestseller and is already being turned into a TV series set in London, with comparison to Candice Carty-Williams’ novel Queenie. Katie Strick meets her

Indian parents want “soft, pre-digested, danger-free” stories for their children and “if there is an idea in it, they don’t like it”, said author Jerry Pinto while talking about why short fiction in the children’s section hasn’t caught on, at a session titled “The Power of a Short Story”.

Become that strong that people lose interest in fighting you.” Though the words fell easy from Bernhard Moestl, Shaolin instructor and management coach, there was little doubt of the steep road that must be travelled to reach the point.

Is Indian food the next big thing on the global palate? Have patrons gone beyond demanding chicken tikka masala in culinary hotspots like London and New York? “Yes, people still want butter chicken even though it is changing,” said food writer Karen Anand with a sigh at Times Litfest, in…

None of the countries in the Indian subcontinent are at peace today and lessons from the Partition are yet to be learned, author and historian Aanchal Malhotra said at the Times Litfest.