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A lot of thought went into the concept and design of our space and we can’t wait to share it with you.

First, we wanted the restaurant to feel vast and spacious, so we did an open-ceiling concept as the raw industrial warehouse look is “in.” Our ceiling measures approximately four and a half LeBron Jameses stacked on top of each other. We didn’t bother adding any soundproofing or insulation and left a few wires hanging for authenticity and not because our electrician quit.

We wanted to create a cozy and intimate atmosphere where you feel inclined to have those deep soul-bearing talks with your lover over drinks. The high ceiling acoustics create a perfect echo chamber that amplifies everyone’s voices into a cacophony of tone-deaf choruses so you can have a truly private conversation, so private that the person sitting next to you can’t hear it even though you’re shouting in their face.

You have to love the “cc: Representatives of Congress”. Lol. I hope they got their money up front and it’s a lot because their reputations as lawyers are trashed forever. Letting your client dictate a letter like this to the Attorney General of the United States and then signing it is either desperate act or a very stupid one. Maybe both.

Indira Varma (Obsession, Torchwood) is set to reunite with Russell T Davies for the upcoming new series of Doctor Who as the Duchess.

According to an aide, the campaign considered a shortlist of other foils, including Mickey Rourke, Dennis Rodman, and Ginni Thomas.

Uncover the truth behind Julian Assange's detainment and the US government's escalating attacks on WikiLeaks in this eye-opening interview with Kevin Gosztola, shedding light on the invaluable information exposed by WikiLeaks and the potential collapse of a secretive system.

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My, aren’t they delicate flowers? Book banners gonna ban books (NBC News): Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, spoke out Tuesday against what she described as a book ban after access to the poem she recited at President Joe Biden’s inauguration was limited at a Florida school. Miami-Dade County Public Schools moved “The Hill We Climb” to the middle school section of the library after a parent filed a formal objection to the work, according to documents obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project and shared with media. The Miami Herald first reported the story. “Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back,” Gorman said in a post on Facebook that accompanied a one-page statement in which she said her book had been banned from an elementary school. “I’m gutted,” Gorman reacted in a tweet.

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Over 6,000 voters were turned away and didn't return across around 50 council areas, Byline Times can reveal.

Paul Krugman has repeatedly over the years argued that we should continue to use mainstream economics hobby horses like IS-LM and AS-AD models. Here’s one example: So why do AS-AD? … We do want, somewhere along the way, to get across the notion of the self-correcting economy, the notion that in the long run, we […]

It’s now an article of faith that universalism, like other Enlightenment ideas, is a sham that was invented to disguise Eurocentric views that supported colonialism. When I first heard such claims some fifteen years ago, I thought they were so flimsy they’d soon disappear. For the claims are not simply ungrounded: they turn Enlightenment upside […]

“If we saw this in another country …” Maybe you’ve noticed. The U-S-A chanters bedecked in red, white and blue? The “we’re a republic, not a democracy” crowd? Those Real Americans™ with pocket Constitutions who, like the hypocrites Jesus warned about, make a public show of their political piety? They’re not really into the whole “consent of the governed” thing in the Declaration of Independence. You’re hardly shocked. Neither is David Pepper, the former Ohio Democratic Party chair. Right now in Ohio, Republicans firmly in control of the mechanisms of state governance are racing to hold a special election in August to pass a constitutional amendment that heads off a citizen-led ballot initiative in November. With it they hope to use a low-turnout August election to raise the threshold for passing a constitutional amendment in Ohio from 50% to 60%. The 50% threshold has been in place for 100 years, say critics. The citizen initiative would place an abortion rights guarantee in the state constitution. Revanchists cannot have that, so they want to raise the bar for passage ahead of November.

Earlier this month I received an invitation for a dinner party hosted by my friends Tom and Kathleen. When I asked what to bring, they said dessert. Since they were participants in my Easter Brunch featuring Smirnoff Jell-O Eggs, I decided to carry on the Jell-O theme and bake a Orange Coconut Cake from TheContinue reading The Joys of Jell-O Gelatin: Orange Coconut Cake (1981) →

A Very Worthwhile Go Fund Me So, my dear friend Kirsty (who you may have met if you go to the Gallifrey One convention at which she’s a regular) has an autistic daughter called Claire. I say that, but Claire’s been awaiting an official assessment (which opens so many doors) for years now. My own […]

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From the policing of the anti-monarchy protests earlier this month, to the damning revelations in the recent Casey Review into the racism and sexism in the Metropolitan Police, it’s clear that the interests of the rich and powerful are protected at the expense of our rights and freedoms. Today is the first anniversary of the […]

Given the choice between restoring 'integrity and accountability' to Government or protecting his own interests, Sunak has consistently chosen the latter, reports Adam Bienkov

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy borrowed his punishing work requirement proposal from the conservative think tank pushing to loosen child labor laws.

On May 27, Henry Kissinger will celebrate his one-hundredth birthday. His centenary couldn’t come at a more symbolic time: Kissinger’s century was the American century, and they’re both coming to a close. Kissinger is probably America’s most controversial and polarising statesman — reviled as a war criminal by his critics, hailed as a master in …

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How the celebrated South African photographer David Goldblatt captured apartheid’s contradictions in stark black and white

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By making women solely responsible for their own empowerment, the culture of confidence masks the true causes of inequality

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Float downstream with a dreamy animated meditation on love and longing inspired by a French surrealist poem

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On this week’s Lever Time, David sits down with Succession executive producer Frank Rich to discuss the series finale.