From the spiritual gurus promising to change your life by way of crystals and spells, to the actual self-identifying witches who genuinely purport to practise in the occult – and can teach you how to do so as well – there is a litany of spellbinding stuff around right now. But engaging in some of it could set you back several months of your salary. (Petter, The Independent)
Read MoreTwo people have been arrested and three of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna were cancelled after police said they had disrupted an Islamist plot to attack the venue she was set to play at. (Hyde, The Telegraph)
Read MoreA conservative vision of America has gained momentum among those who fear American culture has swung too far from their long-held ideal of what a family should look like, and, in some quarters, reject deviations from that view. (Wolfe & Calvert, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe shortage of practising Catholics is felt in the pulpit and in the pews of Dublin churches. (O’Donoghue, The Times UK)
Read MoreCalled “The After Party,” the curriculum, which has been used by some 75,000 people since it was released in April, says Christians should focus less on partisanship and more on how to relate to others so that they “better reflect Jesus … in 2024 and beyond.” (Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Read MoreIt became a pop culture phenomenon, one that foretold the found-footage horror boom and left one uneasy question hovering over moviegoers: “Is this real?” It’s an existential riddle that looms larger than ever 25 years later, compelling us to apply that exact question to nearly every image, sound or nugget of information we encounter. (Salam, The New York Times)
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