Today, we celebrate those veterans of our armed forces who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom we experience today. And let’s face it, one day of honoring these men and women for their service is not nearly enough. General George S. Patton once said, “We make a slight mistake honoring these men and women in death, and instead we should thank God they lived.” We celebrate their bravery and their unselfishness, but we also celebrate their mental toughness.

This article was first published in 2012 and is taken from A Memoir of My Former Self: A Life in Writing by Hilary Mantel, published in the UK by John Murray: ‘Show up at the desk’ is one of the first rules of writing, but for Wolf Hall I was about 30 years late. When I began writing, in the 1970s, I thought of myself simply as a historical novelist; I can’t do plots, I thought, so I will let history do them for me.

Hello everyone, Welcome to Issue #105 of CAFÉ ANNE! So what’s the weather forecast? While the rest of the nation relies on Punxsutawney Phil, here in NYC we’ve got “Staten Island Chuck,” who lives at the Staten Island Zoo. I am happy to report that Chuck predicted an early spring last week, although we never got an actual winter this year, so what’s the point? Last week’s Groundhog Day also marked the ten-year anniversary of the incident in which former Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped a previous incarnation of Chuck in front of a group of shocked school children.

Let’s talk about money. I know it’s considered somewhat impolite and bad social form, but let’s go there for a minute. Aside from the obvious, like being nosy about other people’s salaries and personal wealth (I am not that uncouth, I promise) I never really understood why it’s something people don’t discuss more openly. I’m not talking about the gossip fueled curiosities of how your neighbor is affording their lifestyle (believe me, I come from Korean culture so I understand this).

Lamborghini has spent the past couple of decades building a well-earned reputation as a strong brand in global sports car racing. In the U.S., the ‘Raging Bull’ has taken class wins in the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. In Europe, it won the overall title in Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS twice. Yet for all its success, there’s one race that the Italian brand has so far not been able to conquer: the 24 Hours of Le Mans.