In his 2023 book The Art Thief, author Michael Finkel crucially observed (my book review here) that “art is the result of facing almost no survival pressure of all.” So true, and it raises ...

All the spectacular 19 th century Russian culture came to mind while reading Amor Towles’s newest book, Table for Two. This time Towles has written a series of short stories along with a novella. The ...

Youssef began with no ambitions of comedic grandeur. A practising cardiothoracic surgeon in Cairo, his first forays into the ...

A MUM has been left raging after her daughter came home from school saying she wanted to go on a trip to Ecuador – which ...

There is nothing patriotic about booing the Star-Spangled Banner. In fact, doing so falls right into the trap being set by ...

In this episode, Devindra dives into his final thoughts on NVIDIA's $2,000 GeForce RTX 5090, a super-powered video card with ...

Multiple wildfires, including the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire, are raging across Southern California Friday, leaving at least 11 dead and burning more than 10,000 homes across 27,000 acres, ...

The third edition of the Dahanu Festival on the pristine beaches of the quaint coastal town has more in store than meets the ...

Researchers say last year was a big year for ArtPrize, funneling millions of dollars into the community and bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors. Adopted wild boar ‘Rillette’ can stay ...

The opening concert at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF ... create immersive AI-driven visuals to present a digital-art call to action, to challenge summit delegates to act ...

“And it's more expensive than we're able to manage.” Preller has estimated that renovations to the building, an Art Deco bank designed by the Hawaiian architect Charles W. Dickey, could cost ...

ending a bad run for Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the government. State borrowing costs had risen to decade-long highs putting their handling of the economy under the microscope. The prospect of ...