Olivia Dean has been announced as the winner of the BBC Introducing Artist of the Year Award for 2023. The BBC Introducing Artist of the Year award is presented to an artist who has, with the support of BBC Introducing, made a significant impact that year and is on the path to stardom. The award
BARCELONA, Spain — The top Palestinian diplomat made a plea to extend the fragile cease fire in Gaza that is hours from expiring at a meeting of European Union members and Middle Eastern and north African countries that focused on diplomatic efforts to stop the Israel-Hamas war. “We have to find how to apply the
Brenda Lee has rocked around Christmas trees for 64 years. However, that scratches the surface of why the famously under 5-foot-tall, 78-year-old legend is a Country Music and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer responsible for selling over 100 million records worldwide. She’s a prodigal pop talent whose ability to seamlessly weave gospel and jazz
Here, again, is my pick of ‘Good Reads’ from the books I read in 2023. I want to remind you, as I do every year, that these are not ‘book reviews’, which also explains the relative paucity of law books or books about the law. Many excellent ones have come my way this year, as
Mystical musicians, eccentric scientists, voyagers in curious contraptions—Remedios Varo (1908–1963) mixed notions from disparate fields of knowledge to create modern paintings suffused with material enchantment. Ciencia inútil, o El alquimista (Useless Science, or The Alchemist), 1955 Remedios Varo. Museo de Arte Moderno. INBAL / Secretaría de Cultura. © 2023 Remedios Varo, Artists Rights Society (ARS),
I Glasgow Queen Street Station, on the train to Ardrossan. Steel structure, hefty rivets, blue industrial paint. Dull skies beyond the roof. Then Cold War stucco grey facades. Tiny-windowed village homes. Dalry, Kilwinning, Stevenston stations. Beige, dark greens, gold grass in the fields. Trees without leaves, naked shrubs cast against the sky. Saltcoats, and then
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Mexican revolution was finally over. The civil wars and agrarian uprisings that overthrew a dictator and established a constitutional republic ushered in a new era of Mexican nationalism. In Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Monkey”
As early as spring 2024, a newly installed historic printing press at Davis Library will be available for students to experience a hands-on learning opportunity. The hand-operated device, currently blocked off by dividers, can be found on the library’s first floor just past its digital printing and scanner stations. Manufactured in Milan, Italy and installed
It wasn’t enough for Beyoncé to command stadiums around the world this summer. Queen Bey is now coming to movie theaters.”Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” a documentary about the artist’s record-breaking world tour, will be released on Friday, gracing fans with an early Christmas gift.Beyond several trailers promoting the film, little has been said about
Castello di Rivoli About 40 minutes’ drive outside Turin, the Castello (castellodirivoli.org) adds another dimension to Turin’s cultural attractions. Used as the Savoy’s hunting lodge, pleasure palace and also to display art from the family collection now in the Royal Palace, it has had a chequered architectural history. A 482ft long gallery was built in