Books
Dame Daphne du Maurier, who once remarked, “I can’t say I really like people, perhaps that’s why I always preferred to create my own,” died Wednesday.
April 20, 1989
Daphne A Novel; Justine Picardie; Bloomsbury: 408 pp., $25.99
Aug. 5, 2008
California
The state Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the death sentences of two convicted killers who, in separate cases, broke into the homes of two elderly Southern California women and murdered them for a total of $117.
Dec. 28, 1990
OH, how an artist’s achievement is sometimes at the mercy of the wrong critic!
July 15, 2007
Politics
A closely divided state Supreme Court reversed on Thursday the death sentence of the convicted killer of a widowed 76-year-old Pasadena Sunday school teacher in an attempted rape and robbery in 1981 that netted the assailant $5.
March 3, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
Julie Harris paid a visit to the Laguna Moulton Playhouse over the weekend in the guise of Emily Dickinson.
April 21, 1987
PJ Harvey opens up during a one-woman show about containment.
Oct. 17, 2007
Movies
With the long summer break just around the corner, parents are officially on the hunt for kid-centered fare that will keep the little ones entertained and air-conditioned.
April 26, 2018
The irrepressible, bird-like Jean Cocteau holds forth on his Riviera terrace, amid the flowers, the views of the sea, the fine drinks (perhaps a bit of opium?).
Oct. 27, 1996
In David Ebershoff’s new novel, a couple’s passion and the region’s pristine past drive the story
Aug. 14, 2002