Disgraced former health minister in talks to publish new book How I Won the Covid War
Among the many hated and incompetent politicians in the UK, Matt Hancock rides high. Serving as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care from July 2018, he resigned in June 2021 after… Read more »
Cancelled Philip Roth biography finds a new publisher while author is accused of sexual assault
The latest in a long line of books being dropped amidst moral scandal is Blake Bailey’s new biography of Philip Roth. Published last month in the US, Philip Roth: The Biography hit… Read more »
Racist colouring book distributed publicly by far right German political party AfD
Alternative for Germany (AfD) was only formed in 2013, but it has become the third largest political party in Germany. Eurosceptic and right-wing populist, it is supporting increasingly far-right views and is now, first and… Read more »
Trump administration tries to stop funding libraries … again
One of the biggest threats to education in the United States is the current presidential administration. There was much coverage on how ill-suited Betsy DeVos is as the United States… Read more »
Florida Man’s home soon to be taken over by Amazon
When the average American thinks of Florida, they imagine alligators, Disney, sunshine, voting recounts, and Florida Man. But when Amazon thinks of Florida, they envision a state of unlimited space… Read more »
NFL Prime Time? Bezos might buy football team
It’s easy, from the cheap seats, to complain about the ways billionaires spend their money. But who can really say what they’d do, if they had more money than they knew… Read more »
A complaint describing a children’s book on potty training as “filth” helps it become a bestseller
British blogger turned children’s author Simon Harris self-published Little Budgie’s Done A Fudgie back in January 2018. Almost two years later, and it has reached the dizzy heights of bestseller… Read more »
How to catch a spider: Lady Hale, subject of a new children’s book, delivers verdict on liar Boris Johnson
Hello American friends! Have you been keeping up with the epic political fiasco continuing to unfold in the UK? No? Let me give you a quick recap! This July, Theresa May… Read more »
“My recollection is a much older man being creepy with me”
When Then It Fell Apart, the second memoir of musician and DJ Moby (aka Richard Melville Hall) was published earlier this month by Faber, it got glowing reviews. The Guardian… Read more »
‘Worse than a twit’ British Politician and Brexit supporter Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new book is panned by critics as ‘stagerringly silly’
Hello friends. Last time we talked Brexit on MobyLives! the UK was due to crash out of the European Union on March 29 and an online petition to Revoke Article 50… Read more »