Teenage girl sketch

Hard: Tina Arena (pictured) has confessed that she is 'struggling' as she homeschools her teenage son while in isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic. The 52-year-old spoke to this week's issue of Stellar magazine and revealed Gabriel, 14, was 'traumatised' … [Read more...] about ‘I’m struggling’: Tina Arena reveals the difficulty of homeschooling her ‘traumatised’ teenage son Gabriel while in isolation

"It went in the water as the tide was going out and all we could do was watch it drift away. I showed her the picture you posted - she thinks she's famous now." … [Read more...] about Girl, 10, who lost football in sea finds it 120 miles away in Welsh village a week later

Adding: 'He was someone you always enjoyed being with, and you felt better about yourself and the world when you were given the pleasure of his gracious company. Michael had true wit, and his writing felt effortless in its beauty and intelligence. '   … [Read more...] about Former Saturday Night Live writer Michael McCarthy dies aged 61 after a long battle with cancer

Invited for tea by the owl, the mouse – perhaps wisely, given the owl’s intentions – replies: “But I don’t want a fine, and your tree might be / Outside of my exercise boundary.” And updating their 1993 picture book A Squash and a Squeeze – the first title the pair worked on together – the animals are all masked as the old lady pleads: “Wise old man, won’t you tell me please / When will it be over, this viral disease?” … [Read more...] about Broom to Zoom: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler launch new Covid tales

Both real-life Sontag and Sontag in books seem to be around every corner. At one point, life had me commuting between Naples and Bosnia; between the Vesuvian city where Sontag set (and I therefore had to read) her first major novel, The Volcano Lover - about Emma Hamilton's affair with Lord Nelson - and Sarajevo, where Sontag was then directing a production of Waiting for Godot under shellfire. Coming to America to set my own heart against the past, I chance upon her or her books with gratifying regularity and almost always by coincidence. And now we're in Chinatown, where she wants to ensure a taste of the best exotic ice cream (her favourite flavour is coconut but the ginger turns out to be even better). … [Read more...] about This time it’s not personal…