The Summer Before the War By Helen Simonson Purchase BookPurchase close overlay Buy Featured Book TitleThe Summer Before the WarAuthorHelen Simonson Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Amazon iBooks Independent Bookstores Charm is an elusive elixir in literature. Character, dialogue and setting all must be carefully calibrated, but above all everything has to look easy. When it works, it can be ragingly successful, as with Helen Simonson's debut novel Major Pettigrew's Last Stand.

The ObserverUK newsSheep might be dumb ... but they're not stupidStudies show that farmyard animals have a range of emotions and a sharp intelligenceThe following correction was printed in the Observer's For the Record column, Sunday March 13 2005: Evidence that the humble hen can master complex tricks that would make most dog owners proud is among a wealth of research to be unveiled at the largest conference ever staged to investigate animal sentience.

Vulture and New York TV critic Jen Chaney previously worked for the Washington Post and has bylines at the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She also wrote As If: The Complete Oral History of Clueless. Vulture and New York TV critic Jen Chaney previously worked for the Washington Post and has bylines at the New York Times and Vanity Fair. She also wrote As If: The Complete Oral History of Clueless. About halfway into the season-two finale of Reservation Dogs, when the show’s core foursome finally makes it to California and takes temporary shelter in a homeless encampment, Cheese (Lane Factor) launches into a conversation about Tim Cappello, the saxophonist most famous for his appearance in 1987’s The Lost Boys.

A whirlwind! A rollercoaster ride! Whatever one may dub the year 2023, all things considered, the past 365 days were filled with many highs and lows for the golf world. Well, Paige Spiranac couldn’t agree more. The diva was indubitably able to increase the number of followers she had over the year with her immensely dazzling online presence. However, the model was only able to do the same by enjoying the passion she had for the world of sports.

Hayley Williams is a Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter who’s been in the music business for ages — nearly two decades. Growing up, she was equally talented and ambitious, forming her popular band, Paramore, at only 15 years old.  Hayley Williams started Paramore in 2004 At age 13, Hayley Williams moved from Mississippi to Tennessee, where she befriended fellow homeschoolers and musicians Josh and Zac Farro. The brothers were already making music. But after meeting Williams, they welcomed her in as their songwriter and vocalist.