Seán Quinn once told the story of how he limited his poker losses at his regular game in Cavan to €5 despite being Ireland’s richest man at the time. It seems that Cavan-based Quinn is still as cute with his money and didn’t miss a trick when it came to his memoir. His is the
In the year 1824 in the city of Patna, straddling the crossroads of rising European trade and a declining Mughal empire, an unlikely group of people met for an even more unlikely purpose. Under the stewardship of amateur English artist Charles D’Oyly, the group, made up of Europeans and Indians, decided on July 1 to
Farming game Immortal Life has just released from Early Access after a few years in development, bringing a unique spin to the genre of Harvest Moon, Rune Factory, and Stardew Valley. YiFeng Studio’s fam life game is based on a sect of martial artists who, finding their home school devastated, resolve to rebuild the misty
More than a dozen internationally recognized ice carvers were set up in Ice District Plaza Saturday for Edmonton’s International Ice Carving Competition. Competitors came across Canada and from the U.S, Iraq, France, Malaysia and the Philippines. The seven teams of two had been working since Thursday to turn their 15 blocks of ice into a
The National Elk Refuge will be hosting the 2024 Wyoming Junior Duck Stamp Competition in March. This art competition is open to all students in grades K-12 enrolled in Wyoming public, private, tribal, and homeschools. To enter your work in the 2024 competition, draw or paint a native North American waterfowl (full list of eligible
Ife Olowu, a 27-year-old visual artist, is the Chief Executive Officer of House of Designs, a brand that uses augmented reality in paintings. He tells NAOMI CHIMA about his career What is your educational background? My artistic journey began at the Yaba College of Technology Staff School, where I had my primary and secondary education.
Robert de Forest Whitman Jr. was born on May 23, 1935, in Manhattan to a family that traced its roots to the earliest Huguenot settlers of New York. Among his forebears were the painter and designer Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) and Robert W. de Forest (1848-1931), a president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
FISHERS — Artists and comic book enthusiasts of all ages put their creativity skills to the test by making a comic book entirely from scratch in just an 8-hour timeframe. Noblesville Creates hosted the 11th annual Comic Book in a Day Challenge on Saturday at Ignite Art Studio, and over 50 local contestants came out
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. G.H writes: I was contacted in 2021 by art investment company Smith & Partner Limited, and after several
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. G.H writes: I was contacted in 2021 by art investment company Smith & Partner Limited, and after several