Chloe Wilson’s hotly anticipated debut novel, The Thornbacks, is a beautifully wrought response to the peculiar, often cruel ways bodies accrue social and cultural value. This story of two unrelated “sisters”, brought together by the marriage of their parents, is playful, witty, astute and compelling – but while the sentences sting and delight in equal […]
Twenty years ago, 16-year-old Taylor Swift released her debut single, Tim McGraw. To understand everything that has come since – the confessional genius, the brand strategy, the carefully constructed persona – this three-minute-and-fifty-two-second country ballad is a good place to start. As we argue in our edited collection Taylor Swift: Culture, Capital & Critique, Swift […]
Brent crude futures dove below $80 and are down more than a third from recent peaks following reports that the U.S. will waive sanctions on Iranian oil, under a deal to end the war. The prospect of extra supply added to optimism about the resumption of Middle East exports and helped push yields on U.S. […]
NEW YORK: SpaceX was on course to blow past $2 trillion in market valuation in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, reflecting the frenzy for the Elon Musk-led company and putting it on track to become the sixth-largest publicly listed company in the United States. Shares were indicated to open around $175 a share, or about […]
