Saturday Night Live recapSaturday Night LiveThe Creed star is a fine, if unspectacular, host for an episode that covers everything from FBI searches to Southwest airlines
Saturday Night Live opens with a press conference held by America’s top cop, Attorney General Merrick Garland (Mikey Day). The diminutive, hopelessly dweeby lawman puts on his best Judge Dredd impression, proclaiming “I. Am. The. Law.” and vowing to go after anyone harboring classified documents, be they “Democrat, Republican, or whatever Trump is now”. Read More...
PaintingIn the 1960s, Walter Keane was feted for his sentimental portraits that sold by the million. But in fact, his wife Margaret was the artist, working in virtual slavery to maintain his success. She tells her story, now the subject of a Tim Burton biopicThere’s a sweet, small suburban house in the vineyards of Napa, northern California. Inside, a family of devout Jehovah’s Witnesses bustles around, offering me a cheese plate. Read More...
Top 10sScience and nature booksScience, memoir, fiction and poetry all point us towards the urgent truth that humans and nature are part of each other – and under threat
As humans, we are part of the natural world, a stitch in the rich tapestry that is global biodiversity. Yet so often, and at an increasing rate that couples with biodiversity loss, we see ourselves as something separate from nature. The pace of our lives has increased beyond sustainability, and the impact of our existence is out of balance. Read More...