Books News Cormac McCarthy, the unyielding chronicler of America’s bleak frontiers, passes away at 89 by Happy A profound loss reverberates through the literary landscape as Cormac McCarthy, takes his leave, leaving behind an enduring echo of his unyielding realism. Santa Fe, New Mexico – Cormac McCarthy,…
Features Lists Music The 10 best surprise release albums, from Radiohead to Frank Ocean by Tom Disalvo We’re counting down the surprise albums that shocked the world upon their spontaneous arrival, from In Rainbows to Channel Orange. There’s an art to surprise release albums. Usually, fans eagerly…
Lists News Pop Culture World The Blue Marble is the most reproduced image in history and here are five others by Tammy Moir The image famously known as the Blue Marble is still the most reproduced image of all time. The first colour photo of the full Earth, taken by Apollo 17, on…
Features Lists Music News Happy Mag’s picks for the 10 best albums of 2022 by Tom Disalvo From the return of industry titans to the breakout of newborn stars, we’re counting down the ten best albums of 2022. It’s nearing those latter 2022 months when we begin…
Features Lists News The 25 best contemporary jazz albums of the 2010s by Luke Saunders As we cautiously edge more deeply into the 2020’s we’ve decided to reflect on an incredible decade of music. Most elucidating of all is the tidal resurgence of contemporary jazz….
Books News The wave of book banning, has turned its ugly head to redacting by Tammy Moir Winning the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for history hasn’t helped save Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy from being the latest in what can…
Books Lists News The best fiction books of the 2010s by Ria Pandey Tumultuous times always inherit good art, and the literary world is no exception. These are the best fiction books released during the 2010s. Fiction had a moment in the 2010s,…
Books Lists News The best fiction books of the 2000s by Ria Pandey The turn-of-the-century brought a sense of anxiety and hope – novelists of the 2000s translated these feelings into experiments with language, form and structure. Mainstream novels captured the chaos, anxiety…
Books Lists News The 23 best fiction books of the 1990s by Ria Pandey The 1990s were 30 years ago. Feel old yet? For nostalgia’s sake, we’ve collected 23 of the best fiction books of the decade. On the brink of a new millennium,…
Books Film and TV News Kate Winslet on board for ‘Trust’ by Tammy Moir Kate Winslet is set to star and produce in the new HBO series, ‘Trust’ adapted by Hernan Diaz’s book of the same name. Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown, Titanic) is…
Books Lists News The best fiction books of the 1970s by Ria Pandey We’ve collected the best fiction books from the ’70s – an era of economic struggle, significant cultural change, and most famously, disco! Reaching even further back into the nostalgia of…
Books Lists News The 21 best fiction books of the 1960s by Ria Pandey Swinging our way back to the sixties, we’ve travelled back in time to collate 21 of the best fiction books of the decade. Fiction book authors interpreted the post-war era…
Books Lists News 20 of the best books you’ve been meaning to read by Ria Pandey Everyone’s got those books that they’ve been meaning to read for ages, so if you need a sign to get on top of your TBR list — this is it!…
