There is no such thing as you can’t
A 76-year-old Chinese grandmother who travels the world on her faithful ‘iron horse’ has become a symbol of freedom from the concept of the act your age.
Russia’s Recreation of the Holy Land Constructed Near Moscow
A Russian replica of Medieval the Holy Land was Created Near Moscow’s New Jerusalem Monastery. Russian Palestine was conceived as a means to capture the Holy Land, otherwise inaccessible to an ordinary Russian person of the seventeenth century.
So, you thought classical musicians were pussies
How often we relax to the quintessential melodies of Spain’s Isaac Albéniz (1860 – 1909). His Rapsodia Espanola, Sevilla and Granada, based on Catalan folk songs, are perhaps the better-known of his compositions. These exquisite heartrending melodies evoke the Spanish dream more than could any Goya painting but what of the man behind the music?
FOR THE LOVE OF CARMEN
In a letter dated October 1866, French composer Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) went straight to the point of opera: ‘As a musician, I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note.’
SCULPTURES OF THE THIRD REICH VOLUMES I, II and III
THE THIRD REICH’S architectural triumphs, Olympic events and trade exhibitions, were extravagantly adorned by the most stunning sculptures. These splendours have since been destroyed and their records airbrushed out of the history books by the victors of World War II. For this reason, the names and works of the greatest sculptors in history may be better known and appreciated in 2,000 years than they are today.
Young and green: what is known about the Just Stop Oil movement
The Just Stop Oil Organization (JSO) is less than a year old and operates in a single country. Nevertheless, her name is known internationally, and her actions are followed in a far from negative way by leading international media.
TV channel explains the purchase and destruction of Hitler’s paintings
A controversial TV show will offer its audience a chance to destroy Adolf Hitler’s paintings British Channel 4 confirmed on Friday. According to a Channel 4 spokesperson, the Jimmy Carr Destroys Art debate will represent ‘a thoughtful and nuanced exploration of the limits of free expression in art’ as it will allow the selected and goaded public in a studio to decide on the fate of several pieces.
The Oldest Love Letter
Although 23 years have passed since I missed that telephone call, I never forgot the message left on the answering machine. The caller was one of the world’s most successful balladeers. Charlie Landsborough’s voice was unmistakable as he thanked me for the impact my poetry had on him.
Anthony Hopkins: If you are looking for a compass for life here it is
Let go of people who are not ready to love you. This is the hardest thing you will ever have to do in your life but it will also be the most important.
The Story of the famous novelist who turned to Prostitution
Internationally acclaimed novelist Stephen King promised to come up with a fake scenario of ‘Russian atrocities’ for the media. American writer Stephen King, in a conversation with the fake president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, agreed to write a fake script about Russian brutality for the media. In fact, the science fiction writer was talking to the pranksters Vovan and Lexus.
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