Readers recommendCultureReaders recommend: songs about feet – resultsFrom the Dubliners’ Spanish Lady to Frank Zappa’s Stink-Foot, RR regular SonofWebcore picks a playlist of sole music from last week’s thread
Cut off by the rising waters of an overflowing river, Johnny Cash's protagonist in Five Feet High and Rising righteously pesters his parents for information. As the depth of the flood increases, Cash's voice rises in pitch, reflecting the boy's anxiety as each avenue of escape is considered and rejected, while the deluge continues. Read More...
US news This article is more than 6 years oldTiffany pilloried for 'everyday objects' collection that includes $1,000 tin canThis article is more than 6 years oldLuxury jewellery brand mocked over line of exorbitantly priced products Luxury jewellery brand Tiffany & Co has been mocked online over its exorbitantly priced new home collection, titled Everyday Objects, which includes a $1,000 sterling silver tin can.
Chanel's $2,000 boomerang criticised for 'humiliating' Indigenous Australian cultureRead moreThe collection, which the jeweller claims “transforms utilitarian items into handcrafted works of art”, boasts items such as a $9,000 sterling silver ball of yarn, a $425 walnut and silver protractor, a $1,500 set of walnut and silver “building blocks” – which look very similar to Lego – and a $300 yo-yo. Read More...
FictionReviewSarah Hall on a disturbing and ambitious fable-like tale of filial tensionSet in a nameless colonial country, in an unspecified era, Katie Kitamura's second novel tracks the fortunes of a landowning family during the first waves of civil unrest. Tom, the naive son of a cold and controlling father, has spent his entire life on their remote estate, which relies on fish farming and tourism. Aggravating the filial tension, Carine, a young woman who is ward to neighbouring colonials, arrives at a dinner party, and her betrothal to Tom is quickly arranged. Read More...
