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Vin Scully tweeting is everything you could have dreamed it would be
Legendary announcer is just as delightful on Twitter as he is on the air.
usatoday.com (10 hours ago)
Annie Buckley: Can Art Have A Sense Of Humor?
With Curatorial Intern: Katie Hernandez Humor is not usually the first thing that comes up when we talk about contemporary art. Theory, yes. Ideas, analysis, and critique, sure. New materials, experimentation, installation -- check. But laughter? Not so much. This edition of On Seeing is dedicated to the possibility...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Rick Steves: Salema: A Pristine Stretch of Portugal's Algarve
For several years, I've been wanting to return to the Algarve (southern Portugal), my favorite stretch of Iberian coastline. I'm generally in Iberia in April, when the beach towns are pretty dead, so I don't bother. Being here in June this year makes a huge difference -- it's lively, warm, and a great place to relax...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Edward Schneider: London Restaurant Notes
Soon after it opened in 2011, Jackie and I had a post-theater supper at Dinner by Heston Blumenthal in the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park hotel. Between the newness of the restaurant and the lateness of the hour, there was cause for disappointment: Our meal was marred by imprecise cooking and unfocused service. But Mr....
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Situational Dining: Where to Eat and Drink Outdoors in New York This Summer
Sexy time at Montmarte. On the off chance that it's not pouring rain in the city - a depressingly frequent occurrence this year - you'll want to act quickly and enjoy the nice weather by eating outside. But since this is New York, "outdoor seating" can mean that you're at a table that overlooks traffic and you're...
nymag.com (1 day ago)
The Periodic Table of Muppets Brings Order to Wocka Wocka
Not everybody's into chemistry but you have to be a special kind of insane to not have a fondness for the Muppets. This periodic table of Muppetry is a wonderfully organized and colorful take on the history of the form than anyone (with a soul) can appreciate, chem-geek or not. Designed by Mike BaBoon, the chart is...
gizmodo.com (2 days ago)
How This Is the End Was Originally Going to End
[Spoilers ahead.] There are a handful of delightful cameos in This Is the End: Michael Cera, Rihanna, Channing Tatum. But the cameo that closed out the movie belonged to the Backstreet Boys, who lead an "Everybody" dance-along in heaven. How did that scene come about? "We were trying to figure ...
vulture.com (2 days ago)
Pat Gallagher: What Was George Clooney Like As A Child? His Father Tells All
"Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad." - Proverb Nick Clooney -- brother of Rosemary, father of George and Ada, husband of Nina -- is a man of many talents. Over the span of his long, successful career, Clooney has taken a turn as a news anchor, starred in his own TV show (The Nick...
huffingtonpost.com (3 days ago)
Wines of the week: three stylish summer reds
Marks & Spencer Etna Rosso, Sicily, Italy 2011 (£9.99, Marks & Spencer) I've been tasting a lot of supermarket wines lately – the big retailers all show off their ranges to the press in May – and among the sea of so-so bottles, M&S's new cluster of off-the-beaten track Italians was an undoubted...
guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)
George Heymont: City On Fire
April's tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon forced many people to ask an age-old question. Is someone's behavior shaped by nature or nurture? Some of life's tragedies are undeniably due to natural cycles. Two shorts screened at the 2013 San Francisco International Film Festival demonstrated this process with a...
huffingtonpost.com (4 days ago)
New Android apps worth downloading: Facebook Home and Fruit Ninja updates, Celtic Tribes
Two big updates kick off today's apps worth downloading haul. First up is Facebook Home, which brings new customization options to its app launcher and allows greater capabilities for users who want their Facebook experience on their Android home screen. Second is Fruit Ninja, the delightful casual game about...
yahoo.com (5 days ago)
Luke Donald leads US Open
Luke Donald returns to Merion today in the lead of the 113th US Open as his playing partner Lee Westwood looks to recover from a unique stroke of bad luck. Donald birdied the 11th, 12th and 13th before play in the first round was suspended for the day due to darkness, after two delays for bad weather totalling more...
guardian.co.uk (6 days ago)
Why does the games industry have such a problem with female protagonists?
After pop culture critic Anita Sarkeesian attended the Xbox One press conference in LA's E3 trade event, she spoke out on Twitter. "Thanks #XboxOne #E3 press conference for revealing to us exactly zero games featuring a female protagonist for the next generation." No doubt Sarkeesian, who runs feministfrequency.com,...
guardian.co.uk (7 days ago)
Dutch river cruise holidays: Esther Rantzen finds tulip heaven in Holland and Belgium
There are few sights more delightful than a Dutch field ablaze with tulips. Esther Rantzen takes a river cruise through Belgium and Holland, and is enchanted by the scenery.
dailymail.co.uk (7 days ago)
Kenn Nesbitt named Children's Poet Laureate
Kenn Nesbitt, who writes delightful poems for kids, has been named the Children's Poet Laureate.
nj.com (7 days ago)
Soak up some history with a weekend on the Steep Hills of Lincoln
Ann Stenhouse heads uphill to explore Lincoln’s delightful historic heart
mirror.co.uk (8 days ago)
Rick Steves: Save Orvieto Bus A
Orvieto is one of the most striking, memorable, and enjoyable hill towns in central Italy. And part of the charm is arriving by train or car (parking in the big, free lot just beyond the train station) and joining the locals to climb the town's natural fortress hill on a slick funicular. As you step out of the...
huffingtonpost.com (8 days ago)
These New iOS 7 Icons Sure Look Familiar
Apple's new app icons are sure something, aren't they? Each one is so delightful and cheery and vibrant. Who knew shading would look so much better than drop shadows! But wait! I think I've seen some of these before. That Game Center icon looks a lot like Living Social's color blob. At least we now know what Apple...
gizmodo.com (9 days ago)
Letters: Tom Sharpe loved taking (and giving) the p…
When my friend Colin Sale and I interviewed Tom Sharpe (Obituary, 7 June) for our school magazine in 1980, we experienced neither the ex-colonial type nor the genial old buffer that Stanley Reynolds describes as the "two mask-like personas" that Sharpe developed when "much in demand for interviews and often besieged...
guardian.co.uk (9 days ago)
Which New CW Show Reigns Supreme?
We've seen the pilots of The CW's new shows, and while they're not for review (things often change drastically before the shows are set to premiere), we do want to share our first reactions to what's coming in the fall and midseason. This quick guide is designed to get you excited for some new shows ... and to warn...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
Ryan D. Matthews: Novelist Patrick McGrath on Writing, Setting, and Psychology
Patrick McGrath is a convivial sort. Pushing hair from his eyes with a smile, he'll have you seated, snug, and sipping tea on the couch before you've had a chance to say hello. He's a man who loves a joke and laughs easily; it's difficult to imagine him underdressed. One does, however, imagine sightseeing with...
huffingtonpost.com (9 days ago)
Things I Forgot I Remembered, The Cripple Of Inishmaan, If Only: what to see at the theatre this...
Shon Dale-Jones's alter ego, Hugh Hughes, has delighted audiences over the last eight years with his fantastical and deeply ordinary stories about his life and family in Wales. There was the delightful Floating, about the time that Anglesey broke off and floated away from the mainland, and most recently Stories From...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic in epic French Open semifinal
Rafael Nadal's five-set, nearly five-hour victory positions him for an eighth French title, which would be a men's record at one of tennis' Grand Slam tournaments.PARIS - His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 41/2 hours old - and 14 games into the fifth set - when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to...
latimes.com (12 days ago)
Nadal edges Djokovic 9-7 in 5th in French semis
PARIS-His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 4 1/2 hours old-and 14 games into the fifth set-when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to the baseline to retrieve Novak Djokovic's seemingly unreachable lob.
denverpost.com (12 days ago)
French Open: Nadal outlasts Djokovic in epic semifinal
Paris - His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 4½ hours old - and 14 games into the fifth set - when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to the baseline to retrieve Novak Djokovic’s seemingly unreachable lob. Many players wouldn’t have bothered to give chase, let alone attempt what Nadal actually...
sltrib.com (12 days ago)
Nadal edges Djokovic 9-7 in 5th in French semis
PARIS (AP) - His dramatic and delightful French Open semifinal was 4½ hours old - and 14 games into the fifth set - when Rafael Nadal raced from the net to the baseline to retrieve Novak Djokovic's seemingly unreachable lob.
yahoo.com (12 days ago)
The Time by the Sea: Aldeburgh 1955-1958 by Ronald Blythe
In the composer’s centenary year the world isn’t short of books about Benjamin Britten. But this delightful memoir, by the...
thetimes.co.uk (12 days ago)
Prankster Photoshops People Into Ads While They Wait for the Bus
Wouldn't you be shocked if you were waiting for the bus, and you saw yourself magically appear in that Gap ad at your stop? Yup. And so were the victims of this delightful Photoshop prank by artist Erik Johansson and Adobe. A few hidden cameras, some amazing Photoshop savvy, and several unsuspecting bus-riders were...
gizmodo.com (12 days ago)
Downton Abbey: it's just not cricket
Having relinquished most, if not all, sport as an adult, cricket is one of those few activities that – especially as an actor – one can take up again after a lengthy leave of absence without too much exclamation of "Not the face!", so long as you are wearing a helmet. More than, say, rugby. In fact, the "can do", or...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
The sexy A-level set texts scandalising our teenagers' morals | Holly Baxter
Despite the well-known adage that all literature is about sex and death, the Times and the Daily Mail got all up in their grill today about the inclusion of that Playboy-esque filthfest, Ovid's Amores, in the most recent Latin AS-level exam. "Slip off your chemise without a blush", reads a translation of the...
guardian.co.uk (12 days ago)
