Culture

The Balloon Council is encouraging sweethearts everywhere to follow Smart Balloon Practices and the motto, “Don’t let go: Inflate. Weight. Enjoy.”

Penguin Classics is rolling out three new Marvel Collection editions of The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men will join the three titles released in 2022.

I was saddened to hear that David Crosby passed away. It was a prime mover in both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. After Jim Morrison, David Crosby was one of my favorite singers.

Kate Bush has become once more relevant ever since Stranger Things. Faber is publishing a paperback of ‘How To Be Invisible: Selected Lyrics’, by Kate Bush.

Elon Musk must be fuming when books such as Mastodon For Dummies by Chris Minnick and Michael McCallister are coming out. Is this the death knell for Twitter?

Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers! Get ready for Willie Nelson.

U2 is back! After the success of Bobo’s book, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, the band is taking inspiration by re-working 40 of their classic songs.

The Shadows Of Knight’s I am the Hunter has really piqued my interest. It was released four years after Gloria in 1970 to no fanfare. This song totally rocks!

Iron Maiden fans are very passionate. I bet you they would literally run to the hills to get the latest Royal Mail official commemorative stamps.

In Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV, author and filmmaker Ariel Waldman dives into the real science behind some space-themed sci-fi tropes.

Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.