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At the Risk of Thinking by Alice Jardine review the importance of Julia Kristeva

Kristeva is one of the major European writers of our time, and a glamorous feminist intellectual. This biography is very much on her side One wintry evening in Paris in 1965, a young woman flew in from Bulgaria to find that the friend of a friend supposed to meet her had forgotten to turn up.

Carter Reynolds' Twitter spat is a poor advert for social media | Hannah Jane Parkinson

A banal spat between two teenagers tells a sorry tale of oversharing, the currency of teenage sexuality, and the vulnerability of growing up in public Im always quick to defend the internet against charges of toxicity. It is home to so much thats positive, but theres no doubting it can be a despairing space. Ellen

Co-op and Aldi champagnes beat Veuve Clicquot in Which? taste test | Supermarkets

Top-scoring supermarket fizz costs less than half of the price of its prestigious competitor Money might be tight this Christmas but there is good news for champagne lovers after much cheaper supermarket own brands fared better than the prestigious French label Veuve Clicquot in a quaff test.

Elon Musk seeks greater share of Tesla before pushing AI ambitions | Tesla

Musk says he is not comfortable with Tesla becoming market leader in AI and robotics without at least 25% voting control The Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk, said he would be uncomfortable growing the automaker to be a leader in artificial intelligence and robotics without having at least 25% voting control of the company, nearly

Jung Kook: Golden review a sexed-up, hook-filled but unremarkable solo debut

(Bighit Music)The talented BTS singer follows a well-worn path from boyband member to solo star, plunging into competent pop-R&B including an Ed Sheeran co-write Last October, South Koreas biggest boyband, BTS, revealed they were going on hiatus. As a band who have seldom adhered to the norms of western pop, they delivered the news