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Title card for the article: The Wheel of Time Was Canceled on Its Best Season. What Comes Next Is Messier.

Culture The Wheel of Time Was Canceled on Its Best Season. What Comes Next Is Messier. Season three scored 97 percent and Amazon pulled the plug six weeks later. The rights are back with the company… 4 Aug 2026

A writer’s desk after dark with tall stacks of worn hardback books, an open annotated manuscript, reading glasses and a green glass banker’s lamp

Culture The Overlooked Sci-Fi Novelist Still Writing at 91 Piers Anthony has published more than 180 books and is still writing. The field’s memory of him has not kept… 23 Jul 2026

Title card for the article: The Truth Behind Young Washington: How One Young Man’s Mistake Helped Start a World War and Forged America’s First Leader

Culture The Truth Behind Young Washington: How One Young Man’s Mistake Helped Ignite a World War One young officer's mistake in the Ohio Valley helped set off a world war, and made the man who would… 10 Jul 2026

Painted illustration of a woman in her fifties walking through an outdoor farmers market, wearing a pink baseball cap, black-rimmed glasses and a camel trench coat, carrying flowers wrapped in newspaper.

Culture The Woman Behind the Wig Behind one of the most recognisable looks in the parks is a person, a craft, and a job nobody sees. 1 Jul 2026

Title card for the article: Toy Story 5 Didn’t Just Break Records. It Showed What Audiences Actually Want Right Now.

Culture Toy Story 5 Didn’t Just Break Records. It Showed What Audiences Actually Want Right Now. Toy Story 5 did not just break records. It showed what audiences are actually hungry for right now. 26 Jun 2026