Classics cornerF Scott FitzgeraldF Scott Fitzgerald's picaresque memoir reflects the American obsession with the automobileIn the summer of 1920, F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, three months married, decided to flee the ennui of the New England noon, and so they fired up their dilapidated car and embarked on a mock odyssey from Connecticut to Alabama to rediscover the "biscuits and peaches" of Zelda's youth. Documented in The Cruise of the Rolling Junk, their hapless but good-natured picaresque is punctuated by moments of comedy, despair and mortal peril, in which the car proves to be every bit as recalcitrant and impulsive as its passengers. Read More...
BooksReviewThe autobiography of Mary Quant, godmother of the miniskirtThe autobiographies of fashion designers have a tendency to cover up as much as they reveal, which might be an artful indication of their craft, albeit frustrating for the reader. Coco Chanel embarked on several failed attempts with ghostwriters, and then decided against all of them; Christian Dior produced a tantalisingly opaque account of his life, with little in the way of personal detail; while Elsa Schiaparelli was as creative in reinventing her past as she was with her surrealist costumes, leaving the briefest of memoirs behind her. Read More...
US Open Tennis 2023 This article is more than 4 months oldAustralian wildcard Rinky Hijikata storms into US Open last 32This article is more than 4 months oldHijikata beats Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 at Flushing MeadowsDaria Saville and Ajla Tomljanovic exit women’s drawAustralian wildcard Rinky Hijikata has continued his breakout season with a storming second-round US Open win over Marton Fucsovics in New York. Hijikata crushed the higher-ranked Hungarian 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 to move into a grand slam third round for the first time. Read More...
