A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one
If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a whole ...
The Daily Telegraph4d
Book reviews
Beware the rise of ‘Marxist nationalism’. As Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd explains in his new study, On Xi Jinping, China has imperial dreams ...
National Review8d
The Great Books
John J. Miller is joined by Silvina Sironi of the Word on Fire Institute to discuss the Book of Judith. John J. Miller is joined by Andrew Hui of Yale-NUS College to discuss ‘The Name of the ...
Irish Central14d
On This Day: Queen Victoria, Ireland's "Famine Queen," died in 1901
Queen Victoria - who was dubbed Ireland's 'Famine Queen' by revolutionary Maud Gonne - died on January 22, 1901. The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland had a deep ...
The Victoria Advocate14d
U.S. red meat exports continue to grow
Red meat exports continued to strengthen in November, according to the latest report from the USDA. Exports of U.S. red meat posted year-over-year gains across all categories, according to data ...
BBC14d
Six fascinating facts about Queen Victoria
The idea of Queen Victoria keeping a journal every day grew out of something she had to do as a child. This was to write down, in a book, how well she behaved every day for her mother to judge ...
History TV14d
The life of Queen Victoria: A queen in a man's world
Despite monarchy being largely constitutional at the start of Queen Victoria’s ascension ... court and politicians to step in and request Victoria to put down her pen on the grounds that the books ...
Time18d
Books: Scratching Queen
MASKS—Queen Marie of Rumania— Dutton ($2.50). Rumania’s Dowager-Queen has had writer’s itch for some time and has not held her hand from scratching it. Many a shopgirl has tingled over ...
ABC News20d
Red No. 3 ban: What to know about foods containing the dye
The FDA will no longer allow Red No. 3 in food, beverages and ingested drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban the use of Red No. 3 dye in food products and medications has ...
Associated Press20d
FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., March 24, 2023. (AP ...
Al Jazeera English20d
What is Red Dye 3 and why has the US FDA banned it in food and drinks?
United States food regulators have banned Red Dye 3, a dye used in food, drinks and medicine after evidence found that it causes cancer in rats. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...