Ellen DeGeneres submits plans for stables at her flood-hit £22million Cotswolds farm

Ellen and her partner Portia De Rossi bought Kitesbridge Farm near Burford for £15million in 2024 and spent a reported ...

Tayari Jones: ‘I used to be very suspicious of writers who said the story chose them’

The award-winning US author ‘refused to write historically’, but Kin, her new novel, is set in the 1960s. She explains why ...
Valley Advocate

‘I have to be my own role model’: Indë Francis launches new album, which explores identity and self-discovery

By Carolyn Brown For the Valley Advocate Growing up in western Massachusetts, local musician and “artivist” Indë Francis, who ...
The Royal Gazette

Thatched roof on Settlers’ Cabben replaced after storm

A 17th-century-style Bermuda dwelling is getting a makeover after its roof, made of palmetto leaves, was damaged in the last ...
The Economist

America may be a petrostate. But the energy shock still hurts

America's shift from energy importer to exporter reshapes how oil price spikes from Middle East conflicts affect different ...