Month: September 2019

On September 1st, Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 behemoth, having skipped Barbados and cut just west of the Lesser Antilles, the chain of islands in the Eastern Caribbean that, two years ago, was hit by Hurricane Irma, another Category Five storm. Dorian then veered north, passing between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, before heading…

Criticism can be a lonely endeavor, in part because the enthusiasms and revulsions of other critics are sometimes unfathomably bewildering. So it is with “Moment by Moment,” the 1978 romantic melodrama starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. At the time of its release, the film received negative, even derisive reviews from a range of critics,…

Listen with: iTunes WNYC Stitcher TuneIn The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, talks with Salman Rushdie about “Quichotte,” his apocalyptic quest novel. A few years ago, when the four hundredth anniversary of “Don Quixote” was being celebrated, Rushdie reread Cervantes’s book and found himself newly engaged by a much-improved translation. He immediately began thinking of…

What shall we wear in the spring, if we are fortunate enough to make it that far? The womenswear designers who showed collections at New York Fashion Week, which clomped into town at the end of last week, are proposing a lot of bold shoulders, padded into swishy power suits and pouffed into floral exoskeletons.…

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In what some congressional Democrats are calling a flagrant example of Presidential overreach, Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order giving him total control of the weather. Under the terms of the order, Trump would assume the unilateral power to create all meteorological conditions, including but not limited to hurricanes, tornadoes,…

The former Tottenham star believes the European champions have found their perfect manager in his countryman Jurgen Klopp is perfect for Liverpool and the manager will already be planning for another trophy, according to Jurgen Klinsmann. Klopp claimed his first trophy with the English giants thanks to a 2-0 win over Tottenham in the Champions…

James Pallotta has written an open letter to Giallorossi fans to address reports that senior players conspired against a former manager Roma owner Jim Pallotta has insisted that stars such as Daniele De Rossi, Kostas Manolas, Aleksandar Kolarov and Edin Dzeko did not conspire to get former coach Eusebio Di Francesco sacked. The 49-year-old lost his…

The Tottenham striker is looking forward to a semi-final encounter with the Netherland as the Three Lions seek to build on recent progress Click Here: NRL Telstra Premiership Lifting the Nations League trophy will be a stepping stone for England to go on and achieve even greater success, according to Harry Kane. Gareth Southgate’s men will face…

The contest to be Spain’s No.1 has created a healthy rivalry between the Chelsea and Man Utd goalkeepers, says the Blues star Kepa Arrizabalaga insisted his relationship with Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea remains strong as the pair compete to be first choice for Spain in their forthcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers. Chelsea shot-stopper Kepa…

The Lionesses started their Women’s World Cup campaign with victory over Scotland and the midfielder is happy with the coach’s approach England midfielder Keira Walsh has revealed how their relentless boss Phil Neville is continually striving for more from his side. The Lionesses kick-started their 2019 Women’s World Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over…