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Kathryn Bromwich’s accomplished debut novel begins in a deceptively pastoral register. Her narrator, Laura, is an educated woman who has purposefully removed herself from society to rent a tumbledown cabin in a forest in the mountains of northern Italy. On her first encounter with the reader she presents herself with all the tropes of a fairytale crone: she walks up the mountain at dawn, wrapped in “layer upon layer of coarse, heavy clothing”. She is conscious of how she appears to the few people who pass her on the…

Guillermo del Toro came to the defense of Taylor Swift amidst recent online criticism of the singer taking up a place in Hollywood trade magazine Variety's Director on Director series with Martin McDonagh. Taylor, who has only directed a short film based on her song All Too Well, also announced her untitled directorial debut soon after. Guillermo revealed that the two had chatted recently and he had great admiration for the singer-songwriter. (Also read: Taylor Swift criticised for taking up a spot on Hollywood…

Damien Viel, Twitter Inc.’s head of France confirmed his exit from Twitter. Twitter Inc.'s head of France announced his departure in a tweet on Sunday ahead of what may be additional layoffs at the embattled platform. Damien Viel, who confirmed his departure in a separate message to Bloomberg, had led the region for about seven years. A number of workers at the Paris office, which had fewer than 50 employees before billionaire Elon Musk took over last month, are focused on advertiser relationships.  Musk, who's already…

Image: New Line Cinema Forget about your jolly old Saint Nicks and Frosty the Snowmans, because despite the temperature drops and the inclusion of Christmas decorations in the aisle of your local Walmart, the ever-popular horror catalog is not ready to bow down for the holiday season just yet. In fact, the spooktacular genre is as vigorous as ever, with plenty of updates set to be examined in today’s daily horror roundup here at We Got This Covered! Amongst the pile of juicy updates, James Wan has apparently…

John le Carré – David Cornwell as he then was – grew up among the lies of his fraudster father Ronnie. He then entered a world of secrets, reporting on leftist students when he was at Oxford before working in intelligence for MI5 and MI6. Deception was his domain and as much as he hated Ronnie he worried about coming from the same “mad genes-bank”. Instead he became a novelist; a less damaging way to tell lies.Le Carré felt intruded on by Adam Sisman’s 2015 biography and quickly offered an “antidote” in his memoir The…

A prototype of an all-electric airplane, named Alice, took its first flight in central Washington state in the US this week.According to The Seattle Times, the plane took two wide turns around the airfield, climbing to 3,500 feet. It took off at 7.10 a.m. on Tuesday and was designed to accommodate nine passengers and two pilots.Read AlsoPeople on the ground could hear the propellers in the back of the aircraft whirring and buzzing as it went directly overhead. Just 8 minutes later, the aircraft made a safe landing, the…

Photo by Danny Peterson. The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi actor Billy Dee Williams is here to remind you that he’s also an accomplished painter, in case you didn’t already know. Williams gave an introduction into his background before he became a movie star during a recent Q&A panel at Rose City Comic Con, where he opened up about his late twin sister, who was also a painter. “We went to one of the best high schools in New York City, Music & Art High School,” Williams said. “And from…

OnePlus 10 Pro MSRP $899.00 “The OnePlus 10 Pro's pretty design, high specification, decent camera, and fast charging make it worth the money, but it's let down by the software.” Pros Attractive and well made Interesting camera features Fast battery charging Bright and colorful AMOLED screen…