Entertainment
Languages of Truth by Salman Rushdie review – profound insights and platitudes – The Guardian
From childhood memories to riffs on Philip Roth … there’s some superlative nonfiction in this eclectic collection of essays, written over the last two decades
The inspiration for Midnights Children came to Salman Rushdie on a backpacking trip around India. It was 1974, and he had just received an advance of £700 for his debut novel, Grimus. But he still saw himself as an apprentice novelist who worked part-time for an ad agency in London. He stretched out his advance over four months of travel, roughing it in 15-hour bus rides and humble hostelries, reacquainting himself with the country he had known as a child. The homecoming made him reconsider a minor…
-
General12 hours agoFarmers develop ‘autofill’ tech so agricultural robots can operate around the clock
-
General14 hours agoTrump mulling whether to fire US Fed chair Powell
-
Noosa News17 hours agoRevealed: 75 Qld suburbs you could afford to buy in if lending standards drop
-
General13 hours agoChoosing an online exercise program can be confusing. Here’s what to look out for