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Sanremo Music Festival is blander than ever. Italians deserve more spice
One Italian newspaper calls it Italy’s Super Bowl. A more accurate description for Sanremo Music Festival might be a cross between Eurovision and New York’s Met Gala – albeit a more insular version. Regardless,…
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The star maker’s long game: Why casting director Nina Gold is the film industry’s new standard
She has casted ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Wolf Hall’ and ‘Hamnet’, for which she is up for an Oscar.
Three delights for print-lovers: A 24hr bookstore and two must-reads
Step inside Taipei’s 24-hour Eslite bookstore, explore Joann Sfar’s illustrated Paris and discover why KLM’s Holland Herald remains a print icon.
‘The format’s inconvenience accounts for its richness’: How Popeye’s editor took the magazine to global heights
From Ginza to a global English debut, the ‘City Boy’ remains an analog icon with an eighty-year reign over Tokyo’s newsstands.
Aitana, the new voice of Catalan electropop
A forthcoming world tour is set to make a global superstar of reality-TV performer turned electropop queen Aitana.
Air Force: How Enrico Galletti became one of Italy’s youngest primetime news presenters
Presenter Enrico Galletti, one of Italian radio’s freshest talents, is a firm believer in the medium’s staying power and relevance.
Step inside the Boston Central Library, a beaux arts monument to democracy
Founded in 1848, the Boston Central Library’s McKim Building is a celebration of civic pride and access to knowledge.
Two compelling art shows to see in 2026: Nancy Holt in the UK and Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna
1.Nancy HoltUK Hulking great concrete pipes don’t sound like poetic artwork but those of American land artist Nancy Holt will change your opinion. Holt (1938- 2014) created work that balances the romantic with the…
In praise of Sara Wheeler, a clear-sighted laureate of the world’s frozen regions
Sara Wheeler’s immersive work proves the role of travel writer is still essential. Her Arctic dispatches explore what it means to survive, thrive and stay alive.
Rose Wylie, 91 and still painting, brings her glorious irreverence to Royal Academy London
Meet Rose Wylie, the nonagenarian artist producing exuberant, high-selling masterpieces from her famously messy Kent studio.
The quiet lens: How an Indian immigrant captured the UAE’s visual history
Ramesh Shukla, the noted photographer who documented the UAE’s rise from obscurity, has died at the age of 87.
