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Telegraph
4 hours ago
- General
- Telegraph
Telegraph style book: Hh
H hang: People are hanged but pictures are hung H-bomb: Uses a hyphen, but nuclear weapon is often the better term Habsburg: Not Hapsburg hairdryer: Not hairdrier halal: Permissible under Islamic law Hallowe'en: With the apostrophe Hamas: Is a terrorist organisation. Do not call its members 'militants' or similar Hamleys: No apostrophe handover: no hyphen hardliner: Be very selective in its use hard-pressed: Is becoming clichéd and ubiquitous. Use only if all else fails hare-brained: Not hair Haringey: Is a north London borough, one ward of which is Harringay Harley-Davidson HarperCollins: One word Harper's Bazaar Harpers & Queen Harrods: No apostrophe Harvey Nichols hawks and doves: Use sparingly in descriptions of the relative levels of aggression or conciliation between two factions head teacher: two words. If a school explicitly calls theirs a headmaster or headmistress use that instead head-butt: Is tautological. Use butt healthcare heartbreak: Tabloid, avoid heart condition: Avoid. Every heart has some condition heart failure: Is often a sign of death, not its cause heart-rending: Not heart-wrenching Heathcliff heatwave: Is one word Hello! The magazine Helmand hiccup: Not hiccough Hi-De-Hi! High Church hijab: A covering for the head but not the face. Do not confuse with burka or niqab, which do cover the face hijack: The seizure of any vehicle - land, sea or air - without lawful reason. The original meaning of criminals stealing from criminals is too restrictive. Skyjacking may still be used Hindi (language), Hindu (religion), Hindustani was a pidgin Hindi used by British soldiers in India Hinkley Point C (Hinkley Point is also fine, if there is no chance of confusion with the other stations). Hinckley, Leicestershire hi-tech Hezbollah: Not Hizbollah historic: Important in history 'historic structures in Pompeii; the historic moment when the Berlin Wall fell' historical: Concerned with history or established by history. 'A historical novel, historical abuse allegations' hoard: a store of food or treasure: horde: a multitude Hobson's Choice: Is not the lesser of two evils. It is not a choice at all hoi polloi: A way of referring to common people, and an elitist term usually used by people who consider themselves to be above the masses. Hoi is the definite article, so don't say 'the' hoi polloi hold-up: For delays or crimes, but hold up as a verb Holiday, Billie Holland: Use the Netherlands unless talking about that specific region Holocaust: Cap up when used to describe the Nazi genocide. Lower case in other uses, but ensure you use it legitimately to describe mass destruction Holy Communion: Takes caps Holyrood: (One 'L') is the Scottish Parliament; Holyroodhouse the King's residence homeowner home town homeopathy homogeneous: Having the same constituent elements throughout, used for people, communities etc that have homogeneity. Do not confuse it with: homogenous, which is a form of milk homosexual: Is outdated as a noun or adjective. Use gay Hooray Henrys horrify: Use only literally, and therefore sparingly Horse Guards Parade horse riding: Just say 'riding' horsy hosepipe hotspot housebuilders Howards End Howerd, Frankie: late comedian HRH/HM as the abbreviations for His/Her Royal Highness and His/Her Majesty are styles, not titles hummus: Is food, humus is compost Humphrys, John hyperthermia: Condition of having body-temperature much above normal hypothermia: Condition of having body-temperature much below normal.
The Independent
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
In new book, Ellen Burstyn reveals the secret that fueled her award-winning career: poetry
Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that Burstyn's 'Poetry Says It Better' will be released April 28, 2026. Burstyn, 93, is known for such films as 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' for which she won an Academy Award; the TV shows 'Political Animals' and 'House of Cards' and the Broadway production 'Same Time, Next Year.' Burstyn's favorite poets include Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver and William Butler Yeats. 'I've been lucky enough to spend my professional life as an actress: I worked as a model and dancer from the day I left high school and eventually reached a pinnacle in my career and won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards,' Burstyn said in a statement. 'Nevertheless, it is poetry that has fueled and sustained me throughout my career and has been interwoven with every major life milestone I've ever experienced.' Burstyn also is the author of 'Lessons in Becoming Myself,' a memoir published in 2006.
Washington Post
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
In new book, Ellen Burstyn reveals the secret that fueled her award-winning career: poetry
NEW YORK — Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that Burstyn's 'Poetry Says It Better' will be released April 28, 2026. Burstyn, 93, is known for such films as 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' for which she won an Academy Award; the TV shows 'Political Animals' and 'House of Cards' and the Broadway production 'Same Time, Next Year.'
Associated Press
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
In new book, Ellen Burstyn reveals the secret that fueled her award-winning career: poetry
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has a book coming out next year that reveals how she has been shaped by the power of words. HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that Burstyn's 'Poetry Says It Better' will be released April 28, 2026. Burstyn, 93, is known for such films as 'The Last Picture Show' and 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore,' for which she won an Academy Award; the TV shows 'Political Animals' and 'House of Cards' and the Broadway production 'Same Time, Next Year.' Burstyn's favorite poets include Maya Angelou, Mary Oliver and William Butler Yeats. 'I've been lucky enough to spend my professional life as an actress: I worked as a model and dancer from the day I left high school and eventually reached a pinnacle in my career and won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards,' Burstyn said in a statement. 'Nevertheless, it is poetry that has fueled and sustained me throughout my career and has been interwoven with every major life milestone I've ever experienced.' Burstyn also is the author of 'Lessons in Becoming Myself,' a memoir published in 2006.
Fast Company
a day ago
- Business
- Fast Company
After almost 20 years, Goodreads has a new logo fit for Booktok
Goodreads just got its first-ever logo redesign, and it's taking a page straight out of BookTok's aesthetic catalog. Since the book tracking and reviewing platform debuted in 2007, it's generally used the same logo: A brown wordmark featuring the word good in a skinny sans serif and the word reads in a slightly thicker sans serif, all set on a cream-colored background. While the ultra-simple look was probably designed to evoke the warm atmosphere of a bookstore or library, it also veers perilously close to the corporate blanding aesthetic that ruled the 2010s. But in 2025, 'bland' is the opposite of how one might describe emerging aesthetics in the book community. Online platforms like Instagram and Tiktok have shaped the way publishers approach book cover design, which increasingly relies on eye-catchingly bright ' dopamine colors,' chunky text, and swirling shapes to stop readers in their scroll. Carly Kellerman, then an associate publisher for Zondervan Books at HarperCollins, explained in 2022, 'Instagram has made everything more aesthetic, from lattes to fashion trends to book covers to travel. I'm very cognizant of the 'shareability' of book covers as I craft the direction.' As these eye candy covers continued to populate users' Goodreads shelves over the past several years, the site's own branding was quickly becoming incongruous with the book design of the times. On July 14, Goodreads announced a new logo that ditches the former staid look for a touch of modern whimsy. A new logo with a hint of whimsy Launched in 2007, Goodreads was acquired by Amazon in 2013 in a move that swept the book reviewing platform away from a potential deal with Apple. Since then, Amazon has routinely been criticized for neglecting the book tracker, which—on both its app and website—largely looks the same as it did more than 10 years ago. Just this June, Amazon announced layoffs impacting Goodreads, though the company declined to share specific numbers with Fast Company at the time. In 2023, Jane Friedman, a publishing industry consultant, told The Washington Post that Goodreads 'hasn't been all that well maintained, or updated, or kept up with.' She added, 'It does feel like Amazon bought it and then abandoned it.' Now it looks like Amazon is finally turning a bit of attention to the platform with both a new logo and a few added features. The logo swaps its former minimalist font scheme for a chunky, rounded serif font with a bit more character. While the logo is still all lowercase, it's significantly more bold, allowing it to stand out better on a screen. 'Our new logo is designed to better represent Goodreads and is optimized for accessibility so it looks clear and sharp no matter where you see it—from your phone to a billboard,' a blog post on the update reads. The logo's g character, which serves as a stand-alone symbol for the Goodreads app icon and social media profile pictures, has been fully reworked to incorporate a few bookish Easter eggs. According to the blog post, the upper half of the character is meant to evoke a magnifying glass, while the bottom half represents an open book, 'symbolizing the book discovery and sharing of perspectives that are at the heart of the Goodreads experience.' Platform updates improve flow and drive sales Essentially, it's a way for Amazon to drive customers to acquire their reading materials through Amazon rather than an outside seller. (This might be a turnoff for some readers, given that a chunk of Goodreads users jumped ship and joined the competitor StoryGraph earlier this year to protest Amazon's ownership of the platform). In addition, the blog post notes that Goodreads is expanding its book catalog to include more than a million audiobooks, as well as building out its Reading Challenge feature to help readers meet their annual reading goals. On Reddit, fans are tentatively hopeful that the new logo and accompanying updates hint that Amazon is planning to modernize its broader UI. 'I guess it's a good sign that they're trying to implement some changes that I hope to be for the better,' one Reddit user wrote. 'The site (and app) were practically frozen in time!'
