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Leisure, Books & Culture • 21 September 2026
Embracing the Chill: How Modern Horror Masters Are Breathing New Life into Ancient Folklore and Mythology
The relationship between folklore and horror has always been deeply symbiotic, akin to blood and flesh where neither can truly exist without the other. Long before the advent…
Leisure, Books & Culture • 21 September 2026
From Purity Culture to #BookTok: How Romance Novels Became the Unofficial Sex Education for a Generation
Chewed up gum, unraveled yarn, a flower stripped of its petals. These were the vivid, cautionary examples handed down in sterile health classes and pro-abstinence church youth groups…
Leisure, Books & Culture • 20 September 2026
Romantasy Shifts and Buzzy New Releases Dominate the Latest Reading Charts
The literary landscape continues to experience a dynamic shift as shifting reader preferences reshape the upper echelons of the most-read book charts. In the latest weekly tracking, Allen…
Leisure, Books & Culture • 20 September 2026
Planning Permission for West of Ireland Data Center Opposed by Author Sally Rooney Overturned on Climate Concerns
In a major legal and environmental development that has sent ripples through both the tech and literary worlds, a controversial data center planned for the West of Ireland…