MusicTarka Cordell was mentored by Keith Richards and Evan Dando, before he tragically committed suicide in 2008. So why did he never make it as a musician?Nobody can be sure what caused Tarka Cordell to take his own life on an April evening in 2008. On the face of it, he had much to live for: good looks, a loving family and a fantastic solo album, Wide Awake in a Dream, ready to be released at any moment. Read More...
OpinionJohnny Depp This article is more than 1 year oldThe Amber Heard-Johnny Depp trial was an orgy of misogynyThis article is more than 1 year oldMoira DoneganThe backlash to #Me Too has long been under way. But this feels like a tipping point
In text messages to friends, Johnny Depp fantasized about murdering his then-wife, the actress Amber Heard. “I will fuck her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she’s dead,” Depp wrote. Read More...
FictionReviewThe 1966 Aberfan disaster frames the story of a young man struggling to come to terms with his past
In 1966, a colliery spoil tip above the Welsh village of Aberfan collapsed; 116 children and 28 adults were killed when the village was buried under a wave of slurry. Jo Browning Wroe’s debut novel, A Terrible Kindness, purports to be the story of a young embalmer who attends the disaster. The first thing to say is that it resolutely isn’t: it is, in fact, the kind of novel I used to enjoy reading off my grandparents’ shelves, a domestic saga about a young man struggling to overcome his childhood while joining the family business. Read More...
