Nov 12 Planned tunnel near Stonehenge gets consent from U.K. government By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Under the approved plans, a two-mile tunnel will effectively remove the sight and sound of traffic passing the site and cut journey times. Opponents have a six-week window to appeal. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 5:44 Mississippi's Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram on a blues revival By Tom Casciato The blues is a quintessentially American art form, yet one whose early masters have mostly passed away. The genre relies on each succeeding generation to renew and reinvigorate it. In Clarksdale, Mississippi, 21-year-old guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is taking up… Continue watching
Nov 11 WATCH: Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram performs 'Before I'm Old' By Joshua Barajas, Tom Casciato The 21-year-old guitarist and singer has been bringing the blues to a new generation of fans. Continue reading
Nov 11 Sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft draws criticism By Associated Press It was unveiled Tuesday after a decade of campaigning and fundraising, but many critics took to Twitter to question why it had to feature a naked female figure. Continue reading
Nov 11 PEN America names winners of prison writing program award By Hillel Italie, Associated Press PEN America has announced the winners of a new award, supported by a grant from the estate of the late Madeleine L'Engle, for participants in the literary and human rights organization's Prison Writing Mentorship Program. Continue reading
Nov 10 Confederate Avenue renamed in Virginia amid racial reckoning By Associated Press The renaming is part of a much larger and ongoing reckoning over the city's historical ties to slavery and racial discrimination. Continue reading
Nov 10 What Don DeLillo dreads -- and finds compelling -- about a blank screen By Jeffrey Brown In Don DeLillo's new novel “The Silence,” all screens go dark and technology fails. That very lack of knowing, in the short distance between us and our screens, is the space in which this novel unfolds. Continue reading
Nov 10 How poetry helped Elizabeth Acevedo know when to stop writing By Courtney Vinopal Our November 2020 pick for Now Read This, the PBS NewsHour’s book club with The New York Times, is Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X."… Continue reading
Nov 10 Britney Spears seeks freedom from father in court move By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press In a recent series of court maneuvers, Spears has sought greater say over her life and affairs, which for 12 years have been under the control of a court conservatorship run mostly by her father, James Spears. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 2:28 Remembering 'Jeopardy!' legend Alex Trebek By Jeffrey Brown, Ryan Connelly Holmes Alex Trebek was known to millions the world over for hosting the TV game show “Jeopardy!” Diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, he continued taping programs until recently, with the final episode of “Jeopardy!” due to air on Christmas. The Canadian-born… Continue watching