The Least-Wanted Items at My Parents’ Estate Sale
The New Yorkerby Brian Braiker25 Aug 2026
My parents lived in the same brutalist-Art Nouveau home for fifty-one years. (They never could agree on an aesthetic.)
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BOOK RIOTby S. Zainab Williams25 Aug 2026
A notable, big-budget film adaptation of an epic YA fantasy debut is making waves right now. As someone who’s read and been a longtime fan of Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone, first looks...
Go Figure: 5 Excellent Sci-Fi and Fantasy Mystery Novels
BOOK RIOTby Liberty Hardy25 Aug 2026
For all the readers who don’t mind chocolate in their peanut butter, here’s a list of exciting sci-fi and fantasy books that dip into the mystery genre.
‘NAZA’ Documentary From ‘No Other Land’ Directors Acquired by MK2 Films Ahead of Venice Film Festival Premiere
Varietyby Nvivarelli25 Aug 2026
French sales company MK2 Films has boarded “NAZA,” the new hot-button documentary from “No Other Land” directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor that was added on Monday to the Venice Film Festival...
Black and Blue in Cleveland - Longreads
Longreadsby Wilbert L. Cooper25 Aug 2026
In Wilbert L. Cooper’s new memoir, The Black Shield, he tells two intertwining stories: the history of the city’s Black Shield Police Association, one of the country’s oldest Black policing...
Pimmada Chaisakcharoen’s Thai Horror ‘Tame’ Launches EST N8, BrandThink’s B-EST Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
EST N8 and BrandThink have launched B-EST Pictures, a joint venture for feature films and live experiences.
Photographer Linda McCartney Celebrated With USPS Stamp Collection
PetaPixelby Pesala Bandara25 Aug 2026
Photographer Linda McCartney will be honored by the United States Postal Service (USPS) with a series of postage stamps featuring her nature and still life photography.
Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today!
Literary Hubby Julia Hass25 Aug 2026
Rachel Cusk, Liane Moriarty, Jill Lepore, and more: 20 new books out today! We’ve all been reading about it for months, and now finally it’s time to read the thing itself: Life of M by Rachel Cusk...
Brazil is bringing a massive 35-game indie showcase to gamescom 2026
The Escapistby Paul McNally25 Aug 2026
Brazil’s thriving indie scene is about to receive its biggest gamescom spotlight yet, with 35 homegrown games heading to Cologne for the inaugural Brazilian Indie Pavilion.
📚 Book gossip is fired up
BOOK RIOTby Community25 Aug 2026
From the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes and We Live Here Now, Sarah Pinborough, comes a small-town novel of suspense: They Say a Girl Died Here.
The 240 Mile Stretch Of American Highway With No Services At All - Jalopnik
Jalopnikby staff@jalopnik.com (Amber DaSilva)25 Aug 2026
The 240 Mile Stretch Of American Highway With No Services At All Alaska is home to some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States, with mile after mile of green splendor largely untouched...
Ex car salesman turned prince opens up for the first time
Mail Onlineby Jessica Green25 Aug 2026
- Sign up to our Palace Confidential newsletter for FREE and we'll send you an exclusive article on the moment the Royal Family started to question Meghan's motivations.
Sydney Sweeney’s Tom Cruise Plane Stunt Gets Perfect Reaction From Top Gun & Fans
ComingSoon.netby Tamal Kundu25 Aug 2026
Sydney Sweeney recently shared a clip of her latest adventure-sport outing and mentioned Tom Cruise in the caption.
Kerala Governor hopes ‘Thunchan Smrithi’ library turns into a cultural hub
New Indian Expressby Sovi Vidyadharan25 Aug 2026
Over 10,000 books in various Indian languages on literature, history, culture, philosophy, science and other subjects have been made available to research scholars and members of the public with...
Oscars: South Korea Selects Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ for International Feature Race
Varietyby Naman Ramachandran25 Aug 2026
The Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has selected “Possible Love,” directed by Lee Chang-dong, as South Korea‘s official entry for the international feature film category at the 2027 Academy Awards.
What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Tryptiches Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview
Literary Hubby Catherine Daunt25 Aug 2026
What Hieronymus Bosch’s Fantastical Tryptiches Reveal About the Artist’s Worldview Catherine Daunt on the Judgemental Christian Morality Underpinning the Dutch Painter’s Work While Giotto sought to...
National Theatre hit Pride announces West End transfer
The Independentby Laura Harding25 Aug 2026
Following a sell-out run at the National Theatre, the stage adaptation of the hit movie Pride is set to transfer to the West End.
A Poem by Antonella Anedda
Literary Hubby Antonella Anedda25 Aug 2026
A Poem by Antonella Anedda From the Collection Emerging from the Winter Sea Storditi dalla nostalgia, confusi dai sogni, con i teli da bagno pieni di vento, con la rapida incompleta visione di una...
Vande Bharat spearhead’s ride with Ghalib & Shakespeare
New Indian Expressby Tinisha Rachel Samuel25 Aug 2026
What happens when Mirza Ghalib, the towering Urdu and Persian poet, and William Shakespeare, arguably the most influential playwright in English literature, are brought together to discuss...
‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground
Environment | The Guardianby Andrew Lawrence25 Aug 2026
Nuclear energy was supposed to be our salvation, humanity’s chance to retool technology first conceived as a weapon of mass destruction into an engine of limitless prosperity.