(Dead Oceans)The US singer took years off after becoming ‘world-weary’ of public life – and in the meantime, her silvery balladry reshaped pop. Her return is an ornate reinventionIn the press materials for Phoebe Bridgers’ return, the 31-year-old US singer talks about taking time to make her third album after…

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“First comes the shy wish. Then you must have the heart to have the dream. Then, you work, and work.” — Estee Lauder

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Freedom Under Grace will feature previously unpublished homilies and addresses from 2001 to 2013, letting readers ‘observe the development of Prevost’s thinking’Robert Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – is set to publish a collection of his writings from the 2000s in English later this year.Freedom Under Grace…

New Zealand reach 361-4 on day one of third TestDevon Conway admits ‘struggles’ after knock of 157When New Zealand last played at Trent Bridge, Tim Southee was in their team and Luke Ronchi in their dressing room. They batted first, scored 318 for four on the first day, 553 in their first innings, and lost. Four…

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