News about Dorothy Parker

Suits, the TV legal drama, which first aired a decade ago and ran for nine steel and glass seasons, has been snapped up by the BBC in a curious move, given it's been available on Netflix for over a year, becoming the most streamed show of 2023. We all know that Meghan was in Suits before she married into the Royal Family (well, we know now - I'd never heard of Meghan until she paraded in a cream coat around the gardens of Kensington Palace.) And it's no longer a pre-requisite for royal brides to have never had a life, a previous husband, or even gainful employment. No, my problem with Suits is that it's humourless trash, although we can't blame Meghan for that.

A collection of anonymous comic books first published in New York magazine more than 100 years ago have been attributed - and the poet is Dorothy Parker. According to the Times, the poems were released under pseudonyms that included Waldemar Cringe and Florence Lippencott. The seven pieces were identified as being written by Dorothy by 'literary detective and Parker fan Stuart Silverstein.' He claims he used the magazine's emails to name Dorothy as the author of a number of pieces that were published in Life magazine issues from 1921 to 1922. Dorothy Parker, a painter, is in charge of the photograph.

The 'Scottie dog' made its way into the 1930s, when the breed appeared on everything from greeting cards to pottery, ceramics, and memorabilia. While celebrities including Bette Davies, Dorothy Parker, and Charles Lindbergh all enjoyed the company of a Scottie, US President Frank Roosevelt had a Fala. But now, Scottish terriers numbers are decreasing, as evidence from The Kennel Club shows they have been placed on the endangered "at watch" for native breeds, with just 406 Scotties born last year.

Queen Victoria had 38 living grandchildren by her 53rd year of reign, and it became her passion to marry them off in a series of dynastic alliances destined to boost Britain's status in the world. She promoted romance among her teenage cousins like some overbearded puppet master. And, if the romance didn't work out - well, let them marry anyway!What's love got to do with it? You might describe it as the world's most prestigious dating firm, with the sole condition for admission being that you must be royal. Victoria had more than her fair share of failures in this sector.

'Not many people can boast that they've clambered over the Hollywood sign,' writes Thomas W. Hodgkinson, who does exactly that on his way to Los Angeles. The historic is off limits to the general public, but Thomas was given special admission as part of the Centennial Celebrations. Read more about his stay in Tinseltown.

One Nation NSW chief Mark Latham (left) has outlined the key policy areas for his party going into the state election on March 25, including lowering power bills (right) and reversing the decline in students (inset). He claims that people are turning to'minor parties' like his over Labor and Liberals, as well as branded rival leaders Chris Minns and Dominic Perpetet as 'listless' and 'lacking inspiration,' despite the fact that there are no solutions to the state's serious problems.

JULIE BURCHILL: This isn't a redemptive riches-to-rags tale in which I end up broke and humble. When I was 25, I stopped watching price tags, and at 63, nothing has changed - if I want something, I'll have it. My nearest and dearest will tell you that I am many things, punctual, spiteful, am amusing, but that none of them would ever say I was intelligent. Particularly when it comes to money. For a large portion of my adult life, I have been in the red, preaching the simple-come, easy-goal theory of financial abundance; it has been a rollercoaster for my financial journey. But as the fast ride comes to an end, I'll look back and marvel at how fortunate I've been. Why did I never go bankrupt?Why aren't I living on the streets? It could have been so straightforward. I wasn't born into money: my parents were factory employees, but they were very generous. After an experiment in which more than 200 'players' could choose to keep the money or give all or part of it to another, anonymous, player, a research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered that there is a 'generosity gene.' Following DNA analysis, it was discovered that those who had a variant of the AVPR1a gene received more money than others. Scientists describe the sensation that people get after giving time and/or money for the benefit of others as 'givers' glow,' which occurs when a portion of the brain is flooded with dopamine, oxytocin, and endorphins.