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The Spare Room ... Somewhere Else The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s lauded cocktail bar, the Spare Room, is scheduled to return May 13 in a new space and with a new alfresco setup. The Spare Room ... Somewhere Else will bring the bar’s games, activity books and cocktails outdoors near the pool, and will add a menu of Italian-leaning small plates in addition to a few new drinks. The Spare Room’s usual location (complete with bowling alley) remains closed, save for private events. The Spare ...

COMMENT | Discipline is a key requirement in life A - COMMENT | The day-to-day work life requires discipline. What happens when it all breaks down when it is disrupted by the start of an international pandemic or a satellite falling to earth? The first MCO was an unexpected, uneasy chance to think of other futures and possibilities, and externally there were many discussions on the opportunities for domestic systemic change. But for me, reading was more comforting, even if one of the most stri...

About Maeve Higgins Maeve Higgins is an Irish comedian and the host of Maeve in America: Immigration podcast, featuring conversations with immigrants across the United States. She is currently based in New York City. Higgins also wrote an autobiographic novel, Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else, and a book of essays titled We Have A Good Time, Dont We?. Her opinion pieces have also been featured on The New York Times and The Irish Times. She studied photography at St. Alo...

About Maeve Higgins Maeve Higgins is an Irish comedian and the host of Maeve in America: Immigration podcast, featuring conversations with immigrants across the United States. She is currently based in New York City. Higgins also wrote an autobiographic novel, Maeve in America: Essays by a Girl from Somewhere Else, and a book of essays titled We Have A Good Time, Don’t We?. Her opinion pieces have also been featured on The New York Times and The Irish Times. She studied photography at St. ...

NZ author Meg Mason just landed a huge US film deal News Ockhams-longlisted novel Sorrow and Bliss is set to be a film and we at The Spinoff Review of Books could not be more excited.  From the press release, which we got our mitts on first due to our abject and enduring public love for this novel: “New Regency has acquired the film and television rights to Meg Mason’s most recent novel, Sorrow and Bliss, in a competitive auction. Casarotto Ramsay and HarperCollins Australia brokered the d...

A new Indian pop-up restaurant is coming to Cirencester Somewhere Else in Cirencester has teamed up with chef Foyez Rahman to create a new pop-up restaurant – Asha Indian Kitchen and Somewhere East. Asha Indian Kitchen and Somewhere East will offer an Asian-inspired menu from its venue on Cirencester’s Castle Street. Cirencester cocktail and tapas restaurant, Somewhere Else, has partnered with chef Foyez Rahman to create a new pop-up restaurant. Asha Indian Kitchen and Somewhere East wil...

January 18, 2021 Instagram/arunditha.emmanuel, Twitter/sgbookcouncil Singapore’s literary movement had a strong grassroots beginning, largely organised by writers themselves, so it makes sense that Singapore’s writers are as diverse as its population.  Some of the writers in this list came from that movement, and some took other avenues to develop their craft, but all of them have created work worth reading. There’s no better time than a new year to dedicate yourself to supporting our lo...

July 22nd, 2013 Hi there. As we’ve emphatically entered festival season, the supply of new singles has slowed to the pace of My Bloody Valentine’s release schedule. Help is at hand however, from a legend of a bygone indie era. Johnny Borrell is back with a solo album entitled Borrell 1. At the heart of this record is a work of epic genius/folly: ‘Erotic Letter’. Sadly, this ode to getting a nude picture in the post has been widely slammed, which seems tragic given its creator’s desi...

Be fearless and book late – here’s how to ‘hack’ your holidays in 2021 Take these simple steps to unlock your holidays in the year ahead 30 December 2020 • 9:34am Our travel writer gives his top tips on how to keep travelling in 2021 Credit: Getty Do you remember the glory days of travel? When we could jet off to exotic places like Rio de Janeiro or St Lucia? When we could go on group holidays with friends to Cornwall, or go on pub crawls around the streets of Hampstead? When we could...

Didnt say a word. it was hanukkah. it was a gathering for hanukkah in the rabbis home. and tried to kill people. what is terrorism? motivated ac instill fear based on race, color, creed with the intent to murder. and thats what this was. >> so what -- >> the motive is hate. its anti-semitism. >> what can be done to stop wit? what are you proposing? >> this is a multiheaded beast. its ignorant, its intolerance, ignorance because george washington celebrated in a synagogue with jewish people. the ...