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3 days ago · Today, we recommend: “The Garden of Time” by J.G. Ballard. Today is the 2024 Met Gala, which makes it a perfect day to read or revisit Ballard’s 1962 story “The Garden of Time,” which serves as the inspiration for the legendary party’s dress code. But you don’t need to be interested in fashion (or the news cycle) to read it—this ...
3 days ago · In 1962, J.G. Ballard published “The Garden of Time,” a short story about aristocrats overrun by “an immense rabble.” Now it’s the dress-code theme for the year’s most lavish ball.
3 days ago · The book follows Count Axel and his wife, who listen to Mozart in their beautiful villa that's surrounded by a garden of crystal flowers. But outside their gilded cage, is an angry mob that nears ...
1 day ago · May 08, 2024. AP. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has cut short a disastrous book tour after receiving withering criticism for her story of shooting an ill-behaved puppy and unverified claims of ...
14 hours ago · I write book and television reviews, and an annual Christmas story, for Co. Galway’s oldest newspaper The Tuam Herald. This blog hosts a selection of articles written from 2013 to the present, mostly focusing on my book reviews, which are uploaded frequently. Twitter; Instagram
4 days ago · A garden is so wonderfully contradictory: it is both painfully fragile with an unbeatable ability to endure. One theme contained within JG Ballard’s haunting short story – the garden as a protector of peace – has long preoccupied the green-fingered. Now, the fable acts as source material for fashion designers and guests of the 2024 Met Gala.
1 day ago · The Strangers: Chapter 1 looks spooky beyond belief and is going to kick start a trilogy with two more Strangers films to follow. Director Renny Harlin is a man with a plan. His upcoming film, The ...
