Lumbersexual Renaissance

from The Telegraph Gentlemen, put down your razors. The hairy chest is back in style! by Jonathan Wells Are we seeing a return to the ‘rugged manliness’ of Burt Reynolds and Tom Select? / CREDIT: GETTY Once every few years, an item of clothing or grooming...

The Proper Pot-smoker

from Vanity Fair The Author of How to Smoke Pot (Properly) Wants to Keep Weed Weird, Even When It’s Legal BY ANDREA WHITTLE Courtesy of Plume/Penguin Random House. Passionate pothead and 15-year veteran journalist David Bienenstock came up with the idea for his latest...

Accidental Shakespeare

from The New York Post Shakespeare died a nobody, then got famous by accident By Andrea Mays and James L. Swanson Photo: Shutterstock April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. The world will celebrate him as the greatest writer in the...

Transcendental Trees

from The Telegraph Being around trees makes you less stressed – study by Adam Boult CREDIT: AP Viewing trees helps people become less stressed  – and the effect increases the more trees are visible. A new study by researchers at University of Illinois has...

Radiohead Covers Prince

from The New Yorker RADIOHEAD THINKS THE INTERNET IS TURNING US ALL INTO CREEPS By Amanda Petrusich A still from Radiohead’s new video for the song “Burn the Witch.” Radiohead’s twitchy, anxious melodies express true apprehension about the future: both where we’re...

AMERICAN GOTHIC Behind the Scenes

from Rochester First Behind the scenes of American Gothic CBS’ new summer murder mystery series is being shot close to home By JOHN KUCKO TORONTO, N.Y. (WROC-TV) News 8 recently got up-close and behind the scenes of American Gothic – a summer series CBS expects...