Despite a committed central performance by Benedict Cumberbatch, ‘The Thing With Feathers’ doesn’t do justice to Max Porter’s powerful novella. Read More
A French court has blocked the export and foreign purchase of a 17th century arithmetic machine invented by Blaise Pascal to help ease the laborious task of calculating taxes. Read…
For about 50% of people globally, the concept of ‘TV’ is now synonymous with streaming sites instead of the big box of static in the living room. Read More
Ticket touting has become increasingly sophisticated in recent years, according to the UK government. New measures, however, to restrict the illegal practice won’t apply to Britain’s most famously expensive tennis…
A new study has found that Pollock’s style is hard for adults to replicate, whereas children find it… child’s play. Read More
While hardly surprising coming from a man who has a documented history of making personal attacks on female journalists, one recent outburst from Donald Trump has been trending online… Read…
Klimt’s “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust. It broke a record at auction previously set by an Andy Warhol potrait of…
Widely known in Germany as the ‘legs of the nation’, twins Alice and Ellen Kessler were found dead in their flat near Munich on Monday. Police have now revealed that…
Three Cannes-premiering (and winning) films – Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value,’ Óliver Laxe’s ‘Sirāt’ and Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ – are among the nominees for Europe’s top film…
The New Zealand Book Awards Trust introduced a new rule this year stating that any book submitted for the Ockham awards must not contain AI material of any kind. Read…