On the Shelf Matriarch By Tina KnowlesOne World: 432 pages, $35If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. Tina Knowles is a matriarch above all else. Best known as Beyoncé and Solange’s mother, her own life trajectory, chronicled in her new memoir, is … Read more
The last time most sports fans saw Damian Warner, the Canadian decathlete was describing how his worst nightmare had come true at the Paris Olympic Games. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion was sitting in second place after six events but fell out of contention when he failed to clear the bar on all his three … Read more
Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your April reading list. Spring is here, and with it come books that offer groundbreaking ideas to expand our outlook. The nonfiction crop includes an acclaimed novelist’s perspective on writing as a person of color, a searing yet carefully documented call for … Read more
On the Shelf We’ve Decided to Go in a Different Direction By Tess SanchezGallery Books: 256 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. “We’ve decided to go in a different direction” was the standard line Hollywood casting director Tess Sanchez delivered … Read more
Book Review When the Going Was Good By Graydon CarterPenguin: 432 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. The retroactive FOMO flows fast and thick through “When the Going Was Good,” former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter’s memoir about the final … Read more
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more
Alberta’s Brad Jacobs defeated Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers 6-5 in the Page playoff 3-4 game on Saturday afternoon at the Montana’s Brier in Kelowna, B.C. Jacobs will face loser of Page 1-2 game on Saturday night between Matt Dunstone, Brad Gushue The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 08, 2025 7:23 PM EST | Last Updated: 6 … Read more
Top-ranked Matt Dunstone of Manitoba and defending champion Brad Gushue won qualifying matches Friday at the Montana’s Brier to advance to the Page playoff 1-2 game. Dunstone defeated Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen 6-5 and Gushue topped Alberta’s Brad Jacobs 7-4 at Prospera Place. McEwen fell into an evening qualifier against Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers while Jacobs was … Read more
Reading List 10 books for your March reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles, fiction and nonfiction, to consider for your March reading list. Winds of change show up this month. One author … Read more
As a British expat living in Los Angeles, Paul Martin found the thing he missed most about home was soccer. “If I’m walking across a park and I see two people playing, I’ll stop and watch it,” the documentary film producer said. So the idea of making a documentary about a soccer league wasn’t a … Read more
