Taiwanese literary IP developer and production company Mirror Fiction announced the winners of its fifth Mirror Fiction Award and unveiled five projects for its 2027 slate at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF). The NT$1 million ($32,000) Grand Prize went to Iris Kong for “The Stand-In Family” (provisional title), a suspense novel about four strangers
A bumper harvest of olives threatens to jolt the olive oil market, prompting the world’s top producer to suppress supplies for the first time ever. On Friday, Spain’s agriculture ministry ordered farmers to hold back 12% of their production until the end of September 2027, requiring them to store supplies on their farms or at
Twenty-five years ago, Kevin Lewandowski founded Discogs, arguably the destination online for obsessive vinyl collectors and music nerds of all stripes. It is a marketplace for buying and selling records, obviously, but it’s also become so much more. It’s a shockingly comprehensive database that covers not just albums and singles, but all the various versions
Barnier also compared Reform leader Nigel Farage to French politician Marine Le Pen. He said: “We have our own Farage. It is Mrs Le Pen. The same populism, the same lies, the same false promises.” Asked by Kuenssberg to clarify what he was referring to with his accusation of lies, Barnier said “for instance, when
Sylvester Stallone is reminiscing about his now-infamous rivalry with fellow action star Arnold Schwarzenegger through the 1980s and 1990s — and why they only laid down the hatchet when the latter ran for governor of California. In a recent interview on “The Rest Is Entertainment” podcast, the “Rocky” actor answered whether he felt the competition
I live in the Hamptons year-round, and my children are growing up in a place often associated with wealth, status, and luxury. They see beautiful homes, boats in the harbor, expensive cars, and designer shops lining the streets. My children have many luxuries surrounding them, but our family is not rich. As a parent, I’m
