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While the roll out of Covid-19 vaccinations has given us hope that we may be able to spend the summer visiting loved ones, some people are still hesitant to sign up. Health secretary Matt Hancock has voiced his frustration that some are still not getting the coronavirus vaccine when it’s been made available to them, particularly as the Indian variant poses a concern in relation to easing restrictions. So how can you reassure a family member or friend that it’s in their best interests to get the jab? Here are a few expert tips… Listen first Priory psychiatrist Dr Paul McLaren says: “Don’t jump to conclusions – and certainly don’t jump to judgment. There are many possible reasons for reluctance – from a lack of understanding, to needle phobia, to disturbed thinking through illness.
Philip Roth: The Biography, by Blake Bailey. W. W. Norton. 912 pages. $40.
I ’ve never understood what others make out of non-fiction. Me, I used to make fiction out of it, but that was a while ago and I’m talking about regular people. I’m talking about you people, who apparently even now keep buying and library-borrowing, perhaps even reading, masses of these vast, fact-teeming books whose genre swears to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God. What exactly do you want from them? I can’t imagine you read history for the same reason I did, to cherry-pick period details to use in novels. And what about biographies? Do you read them out of curiosity, envy, jealousy? Do you read them only for comparison? That’s what I did, back when I was alive: I read other lives
15 Standouts From the 2021 (Virtual) Sundance Film Festival From Tweet
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The Sundance Film Festival is typically the industry s annual coronation of indie sensations and once and future awards darlings. Intrepid filmgoers make the pilgrimage to snowy Park City, Utah, where they wait in long lines to catch a movie that could either be the next big thing or a Redbox exclusive in seven months.
Sundance carried on in 2021 despite the pandemic thanks to a makeshift virtual cinema, which allowed folks to take in the festival’s best from their couch. (And in some cases as with Nashville s own Belcourt via drive-in screenings.) Let’s parse what really made this edition of the festival such a virtual victory.