MarriageAccording to Lori Gottlieb, all any woman wants is to be married. It's time all those singletons learned to settle for second bestLori Gottlieb is a 43-year-old single parent who desperately wants to be married. And she's not ashamed to say so. She first aired her existential angst in an inflammatory 2007 essay for the Atlantic magazine called Marry Him! The Case For Settling For Mr Good Enough, in which she wrote, " Read More...
FictionReviewOtherworldly sunsets, family tensions and Aboriginal lore collide in a blazing mystery set in the colonial outback
Fiona McFarlane’s intimate and unnerving debut, 2014’s The Night Guest, described a woman’s mental disorientation as she reaches the end of her life. It was shortlisted for the Guardian first book award and won several prizes in the author’s native Australia. Her second equally distinctive novel also deals with our precarious place in the world, taking its title from the Swedish expression for the setting of the sun. Read More...
Philippe Dauman is to step down as CEO of Viacom. Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/ReutersPhilippe Dauman is to step down as CEO of Viacom. Photograph: Brendan Mcdermid/ReutersViacom This article is more than 7 years oldViacom CEO Philippe Dauman to receive $72m payout as he departsThis article is more than 7 years oldExit leaves chairman Sumner Redstone, 93, in uncontested control of media conglomerate, reportedly ending lawsuits over billionaire’s competence
Philippe Dauman is leaving Viacom, according to multiple reports, but he isn’t going cheap: the CEO will receive a $72m payout in exchange for his departure, leaving billionaire chairman Sumner Redstone uncontested in his control of the company. Read More...