Eleanor Halls

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Ted Chiang's escape from the genre ghetto

One of the most exciting writers in science fiction, Ted Chiang tells Eleanor Halls about his fight to overcome snobbery and over a 100 rejections

‘In my fiction, I try to resist pessimism and cynicism because I don’t want to spend more time in that frame of mind than I already do,’ says Ted Chiang

Alicia Keys: ‘Staying in your lane is the wrong idea’

Twenty years after she sang her way to stardom, Alicia Keys is giving powerful voice to chilling truths

In her upcoming new album, Alicia, two of the catchiest songs – written a year before the current pandemic – are dedicated to the efforts of key workers: Underdog and Good Job

She beat PTSD, and now takes the music scene by storm

With her ‘one-in-a-million’ voice, Yebba is seeing many the plaudits coming her way, including a Grammy award. Eleanor Halls speaks to the rising star just before she launched her debut album last month

Abbey Smith, who performs under the name Yebba, dealt with PTSD, triggered by her mother’s death, as she was working on her album

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