The Defiantly Everyday Drawings of Fatima Meer
The South African writer, academic, and activist Fatima Meer was a busy woman. While still in high school, in the nineteen-forties, she established the Student Passive Resistance Committee, in response to apartheid laws restricting Indian land rights, and gave speeches at anti-apartheid rallies. She went on to be involved in the founding of several more…
Classic First-Date Questions Updated for the End Times
Thinking of conversation starters for a first date can be nerve-racking, but, with Earth’s climate-change-induced apocalypse imminent, there are more options than ever before. What do you do for fun . . . when you’re not panicking about breaking-news notifications? What’s your go-to cocktail . . . to drink when it’s a hundred and forty-seven degrees out? Are you more introverted…
Should We Pay to Enter Bookstores?
While browsing a table of new books at the Strand and spotting one that I wanted to buy, I experienced a common, modern-day itch: Do I purchase the book there and then from the Strand without pause, thus supporting bookstores, publishers, authors, and everything that I believe in? Or do I drive myself crazy by…
Ex-Arsenal winger Gervinho rolling back the years at Parma after George Weah-like wonder goal
The Ivorian attacker struggled in north London but the former Roma ace is back in Serie A and already looking like the signing of the season Gervinho had never seen George Weah’s iconic, coast-to-coast goal for AC Milan before last weekend. “I was nine at the time and we didn’t have a TV in my…
Tables turned as struggling Jesus looks to Aguero for inspiration
The Argentina striker’s new contract is just reward for his reinvention over the past two years and he will be the example for his younger team-mate There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Gabriel Jesus, at the age of just 19, looked like the top dog in Manchester City’s striking department. Right now, at…
Marta and Pedros win FIFA Best awards
The Brazilian picked up the Women’s Player prize at the FIFA Best awards, while the Lyon boss was also among the winners. Marta picked up the Women’s Player prize at the FIFA Best Awards, while Lyon’s triumph in the Women’s Champions League was also recognised. Reflecting Real Madrid’s dominance in the men’s equivalent, Lyon –…
Real Madrid were by far the better team in the derby – Lopetegui
Both Jan Oblak and Thibaut Courtois stood out in goal to keep the scoreline blank, but the Merengue boss believes his team deserved a win Julen Lopetegui is adamant Real Madrid were the better team “by far” in their 0-0 draw at home to Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Madrid went into the derby having suffered a comprehensive…
Leno seeking 'perfect game' after making Arsenal Premier League debut
The shot-stopper joined from Bayer Leverkusen this summer for a reported £19.2 million, but has had to bide his time in order to make his league bow Bernd Leno will not rest on his laurels after making his Premier League debut for Arsenal on Saturday as a substitute for the injured Petr Cech.. Click Here: liverpool…
Los Blankos! Lopetegui & misfiring Madrid look utterly lost
The European champions suffered a shock 1-0 loss at Alaves on Saturday, meaning they have now gone four games without scoring in all competitions It would have been more of a surprise if Real Madrid had scored, rather than fired yet another blank in an impotent performance at Alaves on Saturday. Real tumbled to a 1-0 defeat…
LAFC vs. Galaxy and Carlos Vela vs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, this time in the MLS playoffs
One is as quiet as a summer breeze; the other as full of ego and testosterone as a Donald Trump rally. One has the physique of an accountant; the other the size and strength of a tight end. Yet for all that distinguishes LAFC’s Carlos Vela from the Galaxy’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, there is one big…