Children's booksChildren's booksI read books. Does that make me a nerd?I would consider myself a normal teenager. But I read. A lot. I felt the need to change myself to avoid being a 'nerd', but why is that still the case and can nerdiness ever be cool?This morning, I had one of the most extraordinary and exciting moments of my life. I interviewed Michael Morpurgo. And now, I’m sitting here and typing away in the Guardian offices, where I have been allowed to spend the day. Read More...
Crime This article is more than 9 years oldMan jailed for antisemitic tweet to Labour MPThis article is more than 9 years oldLabour’s Luciana Berger was called a ‘‘communist jewess” in tweet sent by Garron HelmAn internet troll accused of sending an antisemitic message to Labour MP Luciana Berger has been sentenced to four weeks in prison at Merseyside magistrates court.
Garron Helm, 21, from Litherland, north of Liverpool, tweeted a picture of the MP with a Holocaust yellow star superimposed on her forehead, with the hashtag “Hitler was right”. Read More...
From Rock's BackpagesMusic‘The Human Timekeeper’ and Stax staple would have turned 80 this week. Rock’s Backpages spotlights an investigation into his death – and the subsequent dissolution of Stax – that was originally published in Grand Royal in 1997
JULY 31, 1975Booker T & the MGs drummer and Stax session musician Al Jackson, Jr is shot in the chest with a .22-caliber pistol during a fracas with his wife, Barbara Jackson, in their Memphis home at 2885 Central Avenue. Read More...