Towards the end of his beautiful meditation on the long, still robust life of his grandmother Imogen Stuart, Emile Dinneen ventures to ask her: “So, do you ever think about the meaning of life?” She is sitting in her studio, sculptor’s smock on. Outside, it is one of those indolent summery days. “The meaning of

Italian producers Meduza, American pop-rock trailblazers OneRepublic and German pop icon Kim Petras will unite to create the official UEFA EURO 2024 song, it has been announced at the final draw in Hamburg. The tournament’s official music artists, OneRepublic, Meduza, and Kim Petras will unveil the anticipated track in spring 2024; it is set to

Plensa (Spanish, b. 1955), “Endless,” 2023. Courtesy of Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. Courtesy of Raclin Murphy Museum of Art. A new era for one of the world’s most storied college campuses began on December 1, 2023, when the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art opened at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, IN.

NATIONAL An article on Friday about how complicated it can be for American presidents to balance their relationships with foreign allies misstated the title of Narendra Modi, the leader of India. He is the prime minister, not the president. An article on Tuesday about the solar energy manufacturing sector’s struggle to balance supply with demand

The Russians had already drawn up lists of the “troublemakers” they were after and Alona Karavai, a founder of several cultural organisations in Ukraine, was one of them. She didn’t hesitate. She packed a few essentials and with her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter fled to relative safety in the west of Ukraine. In July the missiles rained

Hot chocolate, live music and the smell of sweet treats are wafting through the air as Wisconsinites celebrate all things Christmas. Markets statewide are offering specialist goods from international and regional vendors. Some markets are closer to Milwaukee, while others require a trip from the city to explore. Here’s just a few markets you could

“It was the same kind of friendship as Australians talk about New Zealanders,” he recalled of his childhood. “I grew up with a Ukraine that was very connected to Russian language, Russian literature and so on.” But he said it would take “generations upon generations” of Ukrainians for them to ever feel that way about

A Kalamazoo College English professor has a personal connection to her latest book about the Bengal famine of 1943, which killed about 3 million people in the wake of World War II. “My father, who grew up in Calcutta, was a young boy during the famine,” Professor of English Babli Sinha said. “He told me

On 29 November 2023 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, holding for the first time that the court can lawfully stay proceedings for, or order, parties to engage in a “non-court-based dispute resolution process” with certain provisos. In confirming the court’s power to mandate ADR, this

Dec 1 (Reuters) – Signa Holding’s insolvency on Wednesday has cast a spotlight on the complex structure of the debt-ridden Austrian property empire, whose holdings span from New York’s Chrysler building to shares in Britain’s Selfridges department store. Although some parts of the empire are battling to stay afloat, the move is likely to trigger