Film
Ice Cream Man: a lactose-fuelled zombie apocalypse
Culture
American classicist Daniel Mendelsohn calls The Odyssey a blueprint for all comedy
The Bard College professor and New York Review of Books editor brings levity and moral gravity to his new Penguin Classics translation of Homer.
Culture
Christopher Nolan's Odyssey brings Hollywood spectacle to Homer's epic
The director's new adaptation sparks casting debate while the original poem remains untouched.
Culture
Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s canon for children
Culture
George Cottrell's U.S. money-laundering case and ties to Nigel Farage
The British operative pleaded guilty to U.S. wire fraud charges before resurfacing in London with Nigel Farage.
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Dozens of improperly stored bodies found decomposing at Chicago funeral home
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement on Thursday it was notified of bodies being improperly stored at a mortuary on the south side of Chicago.
U-s-news
U.S. employers shed 23K jobs in July with 264K more leaving the workforce
U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 23,000 jobs last month, and Labor Department revisions shaved 103,000 jobs off payrolls in May and June.
Crime
Teen dressed as clown charged with murder of 78-year-old man
'The victim, 78-year-old John W. Allen of Jennings, MO, was waiting at a bus stop when he was stabbed in a random attack by a suspect wearing a clown outfit,' police said.
Consumer
Compliments’ smashed 100% chicken burgers are being recalled in Canada
The notice is classified as a Class II recall, meaning 'there is a moderate risk' consuming the affected products may lead to 'short-term or non-life threatening health problems.'
U-s-news
ICE releases body camera video in agency’s ‘best interests,’ policy says
The rollout comes after recent fatal shootings by officers enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have intensified pressure for accountability.
Canada
Canada won’t pay fee as observer in Europe’s fighter jet program: feds
Canada recently became the first country to gain "observer status" with the Global Combat Air Program, a fighter jet under joint development by Italy, Japan and the U.K.
Economy
Did Canada add jobs in July? StatCan to release figures
World
At least 7 dead in student gunman shooting in Thailand, officials say
Politics
Conservative MP Larry Brock announces he will resign next month
Canada
As wildfire flames closed in, a 90-year-old Okanagan man with dementia was left behind
Health
Quebec lettuce growers operating at a loss amid U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak
U-s-news
Trump orders ‘birth tourism’ ban in new bid to limit birthright citizenship
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Culture
Loyalist exodus shaped Canada after American Revolution
Europe failed Spain in Ceuta
The Ceuta crisis will strengthen “Fortress Europe”
Europe’s age of fire
World
Putin's offensive stalls as Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel, testing NATO resolve
The new nuclear terror
The responsibility of scientists
Andy Burnham’s shtick won’t work on Donald Trump
Culture
Rolling Stones' latest album feels familiar to North American fans
The betrayal of the South African dream
Society
The Bonehill-Paine affair leaves the Tories with questions to answer
Politics
Before Count Binface, there was Catmando
Business
The next SEO battle is not rankings. It is AI citations
Reform vs Restore
Even the Royal Navy can’t save Nigel Farage
Polling
Has Zack Polanski reached his peak?
Comment
The revenge of Old Labour
World
The Russian design bureau at the centre of Europe's shadow-fleet investigation
British Politics
Kemi Badenoch is the Conservative Party’s only hope
The Weekend Report
The battle for Birmingham’s flags
The Weekend Essay
“Don’t say climate change”
Politics
Are we living under “woke Blue Labour”?
Culture
Mario Vargas Llosa’s demons
Silver Spoon
What we owe to bread
TV
In praise of crap daytime TV
Theatre
Sarah Kane’s Cleansed leaves you feeling anything but
Art & Design