Shain Thomas
Bio
I'm a freelance journalist. A member of both the NLGJA and SPJ, I currently write articles for Harsh Light News on Medium and HVY.Com. When I was a university student, I wrote articles for the NT Daily and TCU 360.
Stories (79/0)
US leads world in COVID cases
United States: America, according to a recent BBC News report, leads the world in Coronavirus related deaths. Thursday, 29 October 2020 saw, in the United States, no fewer than 91,000 new COVID-19 cases reported. Thus far, according to a report published by Johns Hopkins University, more than nine million COVID-19 cases have been reported.
By Shain Thomas4 years ago in The Swamp
Confirmed: Amy Coney Barrett
Washington, DC: Monday, with a clearly partisan vote 52-48, saw the bitterly divided United States Senate confirm Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, who died on Friday, 18 September 2020, was seen by many Americans as a liberal icon.
By Shain Thomas4 years ago in The Swamp
Boots COVID test isn't cheap
Boots UK to offer customers a 12-minute Covid-19 test. Even though the LumiraDX swab test is easy to use, at £120 ($156) per test, Boots management has applied a significant price tag. There has been suggest made, relative to other private Covid-19 tests available on the market, £120 is cheap. The cost for the test could fall if demand grows.
By Shain Thomas4 years ago in Longevity
‘Pennyworth’: S01.E09. “Alma Coogan”
With only one episode remaining of the current season, the created Batman prequel series Pennyworth edges ever closer to the season finale. The ninth episode, the Rob Bailey-directed “Alma Coogan,” picks up the story shortly after events depicted in the previous installment.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Criminal
‘Suits’: S09.E09. “Thunder Away”
Did you catch the serie's penultimate episode? It’s the perfect setup for the series finale. Harvey Specter's (Gabriel Macht) families, both his personal and professional families, are falling apart as Suits nears the end. At the close of the previous episode, Donna Paulsen (Sarah Rafferty) had the unenviable task of delivering the sad news to Harvey that his mother, Lily (Brynn Thayer), had died of a heart attack.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Criminal
'Pennyworth': S01.E08. "Sandie Shaw"
The latest episode of Bruno Heller’s Batman prequel period drama Pennyworth picks up the story the following morning. In the previous episode, the Clare Kilner directed "Julie Christie," we saw Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon) go after the man that killed Esme Winikus (Emma Corrin), but he finds he’s not the only one that has a vendetta against Captain Curzon (Charlie Woodward). Bet Sykes (Paloma Faith), an individual Alfred thought executed, was there to kill Curzon for what he did to the woman she loved.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Criminal
‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’: S01.E10. “New Jersey”
Arguably the best episode of the series thus far, the Tristram Shapeero-directed New Jersey closes with everyone having a good time at the wedding reception for Duffy (John Reynolds) and Gemma (Zoe Boyle). While I must admit I was hoping we were going to see Andrew Aldridge (Alex Jennings) and Tony James (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) get married, the wedding we saw was beautiful.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Geeks
‘Pennyworth’: S01.E07. “Julie Christie”
After a two week break, the latest episode of the Bruno Heller-created Epix original series Pennyworth landed Sunday, Sept 8th 2019. Picking up the narrative immediately after where the previous episode left off, Martha Kane (Emma Paetz) arrives home to find Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge) waiting for her. It came as a surprise to find him in her residence. Even more surprising, according to Thomas, Martha and his sister Patricia Wayne (Salóme Gunnarsdóttir) have been missing for three days.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Criminal
Daniel Howe's 'What Hath God Wrought' Is a Biographical Masterpiece
Arthur Schlesinger, a historian who taught at Harvard University, once commented that when writing history, “objectivity is not neutrality.” One could argue that this is the case with Daniel Walker Howe and the book What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America—1815-1848.
By Shain Thomas5 years ago in Education