When Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel invented dynamite, he had mine exploration and the demolition of buildings in mind, all while making the handling of explosives safer. But as we know, his discoveries were also used for warfare. The fear of replicating a similar scenario is something many associate with the rise of artificial

As well as the opportunity to acquire rare and beautiful finds, jewellery auctions can be a highly cost-effective way to purchase a bit of bling, depending on the condition of the item. Unless an item is a rare, coveted collector’s piece that will rise in value, most jewellery at auction has a value of half,

JURY GRAND PRIX Awarded for films in the Main Competition. A monetary award in the amount of €1,000. Award goes to: Misaligned (2022) Marta Magnuska, Animoon/Atom Art Justification: This film uses the space of the flat white screen freely. It tells the story with a clever use of metaphor, and expressive and efficient drawings that

Most high streets these days are a depressing row of grey chains and a stark vision of cities and towns in decline. With empty retail units and graffiti scrawled over walls and buildings, it’s rare to find a high street that is still a hot shopping destination. But these mythical high streets are out there

Published on 05:00 PM, December 03, 2023 M H Haider Illustration: Ashif Ahmed Rudro;Photo: Ehsanul Siddiq Aranya /Wikimedia Commons “> Illustration: Ashif Ahmed Rudro;Photo: Ehsanul Siddiq Aranya /Wikimedia Commons Ahsan Manzil — the residence of the Nawab family — was completed in 1872 but who knew at that time that a dome would later adorn

100 miles south of the Canadian border, the tiny town of Bemidji, Minnesota “has been bombarded by a sudden onslaught of Amazon packages” since early November, reports the Washington Post, “and local postal workers say they have been ordered to deliver those packages first.” A spokesperson for the U.S. Postal Service tells the Post that’s

Short in length, long on symbolism, it was the £30 see-through dress that may have changed history. Netflix drama The Crown has recreated the moment Kate Middleton sashayed down the catwalk at a St Andrews University charity fashion show on March 27, 2002 – causing Prince William watching from a £200 front-row seat to remark: ‘Wow!

Today, we are featuring comic book artist, writer, self-taught animator and short filmmaker Arnold Arre. Arnold took up Visual Communications at the UP College of Fine Arts and graduated in 1994. Multi-disciplinary artist Arnold Arre He won the National Book Awards for his graphic novels “The Mythology Class” (1999), the first to win in the

Flagstaff artist Shonto Begay was in high school, and running with friends through the Navajo Tribal Fair in Tuba City, when something stopped him in his tracks. “It was a windy night, it was kind of dusty and it was nighttime at the Navajo Tribal Fair in Tuba City. The great Western Navajo Fair. I

The Montefiore Mainz Mahzor, an illuminated manuscript from Germany dated to around 1310 AD. MFAH The Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica officially opens to the public on Dec. 3. The small gallery, located near the main lobby of the museum’s Caroline Wiess Law Building, currently contains about 30 items in a collection that