And the rhapsodization by European intellectuals went on and on.

It did not matter that the scamp (simple illustrative line-drawing) it contained could have been done in the pub the night before.

From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers, writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press ….

But to make things even worse, this is the year of the Seventy-fifth Hunger Games, and that means it's also a Quarter Quell. They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts' defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes.