Tag: The Queen's Gambit

August 8, 2024

Two Books (Connected by a Quote) & Many Lives

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When I first saw the jolly book cover of the book ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath in a bookshop, it drew my interest and I thought I shall read […]

February 9, 2021

Pleasant Morning Briefings by ‘The New York Times’ – Part 2

General Ansbach, Ansbach Christmas market, Bangkok, Boccaccio, borscht, bouquinistes, coronavirus, David Attenborough, Davos, Decameron, Don Cheadle, El Palito refinery, Emily in Paris, environmental prize, Eton, Giovanni Boccaccio, Hanya Yanagihara, Hikaru Nakamura, Hotel Rwanda, Indiana Jones, Istanbul, Istanbul Film Festival, James Beard, James Bond, John Coltrane, John le Carré, Katherine Hepburn Brownies, London, Machu Picchu, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parada, Margaret Keenan, Meghan, Melbourne, Milan, monks, morning briefings, Mulan, Nairobi, NY Times, NYT, NYT Cooking, Ontario, pandemic, Paris, Paul Rusesabagina, Pfizer-BioNTech, Pret a Manger, Prince Harry, Prince William, Rwanda Investigation Bureau, Sean Connery, Silk Road, St. Pancras station, T magazine, the duke and duchess of Sussex, The New York Times, The Queen's Gambit, Times Square, Tree of Hope, Twitch, Ukraine, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Venezuela, Venus, Village Vanguard No comments

This post is the continuation (the second part) of my previous post under the title “Pleasant Morning Briefings by ‘The New York Times’ – Part 1“. I will go on […]