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John Steenhuisen went 'full Beatles' to criticise Cyril Ramaphosa during the SONA Debate, ending any hopes that the ANC and DA could 'Come Together'.

Lake Region Public Library: in the news Celeste Ertelt, Guest Writer DEVILS LAKE - The Lake Region Public Library will be starting up their book club with Abercrombie Trail on Feb 3 via Zoom. Please see library staff for books and details. Also a new book display entitled Books to Inspire a New You in 2021. Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (Adult Fiction). Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion. Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this col...

Thrillers: Boston stars in Lisa Gardner's latest By Jon Land “Before She Disappeared” (Dutton, 336 pages, $27) is former Rhode Island resident Lisa Gardner’s first stand-alone thriller in years, and, boy, does it stand out as a masterpiece of post-modern noir in the vein of the great Dennis Lehane. Gardner is also at home in Lehane’s backyard of the working-class Boston neighborhoods, Mattapan in this case. The book introduces us to Frankie Elkin, a woman with more than her share of skeletons in the closet who’s dedicated to finding lost souls — literally in the form of often lon...

The Beatles: Lennon revealed the band took control of their music (Image: GETTY) READ MORE In 1968 Lennon explained why this album was such a turning point for the band in an interview, revealing they finally took "control". He said: “We got involved completely in ourselves then. I think it was Rubber Soul when we did all our own numbers. “Something just happened. We controlled it a bit. Whatever it was we were putting over, we just tried to control it a bit.” Just a few years later, in 1971, Lennon once again spoke up about the album, adding: “We were just getting better.”

As a child, silent nights were rare at my home in Churchtown in Dublin over Christmas. My mother Maureen was a singer in the Royalettes and the Rockettes at the Theatre Royal on Hawkins Street in Dublin during the late 1940s and 1950s. So, in between popping the turkey in the oven, helping us children write our letters to Santa and decorating the tree, she would sing around the house. Judy Garland's Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, from the movie Meet Me in St Louis was a particular favourite of hers - and ours. She would insist my little sister Marina and I dance around the tree, t...