Get the Picture
Bianca Bosker
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If you’re like me, perhaps you’ve visited a contemporary art installation, seen a painting of a single plain square or a giant sculpture of a fork, and wondered, how on Earth is this art? I’ll bet you didn’t dare ask this out loud, for fear of looking gauche. Luckily for us, journalist Bianca Bosker is willing to ask the age-old question — What is art? — and go to great lengths, fish-out-of-water style,
Daniel Klosi was a bright, happy four-year-old who loved playing with his friends at nursery, baking cakes and going to the cafe near his home in North London with his mum, Lindita and dad, Kastriot. On their living room wall is a huge portrait of him: a little boy with a smiling face and a rucksack on his back.
He was meant to start school last month. But Daniel, who was reading fluently at the age of two, will never
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David and Elizabeth Emanuel created Princess Diana’s enduring wedding gown which she wore to marry then-Prince Charles.
The stunning gown, which has a 25-foot sequin-encrusted train, is a must-see for any royal fashion enthusiast who wants to see the historical dress.
A lesser-known outfit that the late Princess of Wales wore on her wedding day was her stunning pink outfit created by David Sassoon for Bellville Sassoon.
This was another eye-catching ensemble due to its timeless design. Because of this,
Stocks appear set to open lower today, after falling yesterday in the wake of Fitch Ratings downgrading the United States’s AAA credit rating. (Treasury yields rose as well.)
White House officials, economists and some prominent Wall Street leaders said the move, which took the U.S. rating to AA+ because of concerns about growing federal deficits and political polarization, was puzzling and wouldn’t have much impact. But others have said Fitch’s move, while largely symbolic,
Weddings are steeped in tradition, but where did those traditions come from? And how do those customs differ in other cultures? In our new column, “Traditions,” we aim to explore the origins of various wedding customs from the United States and around the world.
On the night before a wedding, a purposeful cacophony of shattering plates at a party isn’t the norm — unless you are participating in the Polterabend, a German tradition that means “eve of making a racket.”
A couple of newlyweds celebrated the start of their marriage by climbing one of Britain’s most inaccessible peaks in their wedding outfits.
Mark Lyons and his wife Victoria got married on 17 July, in a ceremony on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, before climbing the notorious mountain to take wedding photos.
The couple from the Scottish borders made the 3,000 foot journey up the infamous Sgùrr Dearg before scaling the notorious Inaccessible Peak that sits on top of it.
We were all born to accomplish something great in this life. However, your true purpose may not be immediately evident. It takes many of us time and a lot of trial and error before we figure out what we’re meant to be doing with our time here on Earth. Luckily, looking into the meaning of the North Node is like a short-cut to discovering and understanding your soul purpose. After all, it gives you a glimpse of what you came … Read more
We’ve all heard of the dreaded Saturn return. But what does the true meaning of the Saturn return entail and how can we prepare ourselves for it? Of all the seven traditional planets, Saturn is the furthest away from the sun that can still be seen with the naked eye. The moon zips through the entire zodiac in 28 ½ days, the sun spends about a month in each sign, but Saturn takes its time—staying in one zodiac sign for … Read more
So often we take the meaning of terms for granted without knowing their complicated histories and changing definitions. “Capitalism” is one such example. In his new book, Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word, Michael Sonenscher argues that the term remains difficult to define, even though it has myriad associations. A historian of political thought at Cambridge University, Sonenscher observes that we may link it to industrial organization, technical specialization, producers, competition, or markets. The main
