LONDON – Joy Crookes knew she was making a statement by calling her debut album “Skin”. “It’s one of the strongest parts of our body,” said the 22-year-old singer-songwriter. But “in every other way, socially and externally, it is used against us,” she added in a recent interview in her London apartment, on the sofa … Read more
Omar El Akkad at his home in Portland, Oregon on July 21, 2021. Nathan Howard / The Globe and Mail Fiction has tremendous power to convey truth. You can read fact for fact about current events, but a fabricated story could be what gets those events under your skin and into your soul. Omar El … Read more
Actor-comedian-producer Kevin Hart isn’t used to being at home, but that doesn’t mean he’s less busy. Through his company Laugh Out Loud, he works with Headspace, a meditation app, on content such as “Mindful Runs”, “Energy Shots” and “Meditate With Me”, motivational programs that combine comedy with mindfulness. They will all be rolled out this … Read more