There are the great and famous artists, there are those that are just famous, and then there are countless little-known artists....

The five-star luxury hotel Claridge’s in Mayfair, London, combines traditional English and Art Deco features with excellent service. In its first edition of 1878,...

The French tea company Mariage Frères in Paris was established in 1854, which makes it France’s oldest importer of tea. Members of the Mariage family where active in the colonial...

The English tradition of afternoon tea is celebrated at its best in some of London’s famous five-star hotels. The exquisite and exclusive experience is very popular and therefore not...

The first purpose built hotel in London, established in 1865 Added on January 17, 2011: I have visited the hotel again, now part of Langham Hotels International and fully refurbished. I...

Based on the catalogue The Sensuous and the Sacred. Order the book from Amazon.com. During the reign of the Chola kings...

The Sensuous and the Sacred. Chola Bronzes from South India is an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (Dallas...

Israeli voters decided at the end of January 2003 that the Likud would become Israel’s leading party with a share of 29.4% of the votes. The Likud doubled its number of seats in the...

Get Birthday Girl on DVD from Amazon.com, Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk. The film is about an ordinary, shy bank clerk, John Buckingham (Ben Chaplin), living a rather dull life in St....

Criticism of Hollywood and its studio system remains a subject for filmmakers such as Robert Altman (The Player, 2001), David...

A Beautiful Mind (Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr) received four Oscars at the 74th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 24, 2002: Ron Howard for Best Director, Brian Grazer...

The film Talk To Her (original title: Hable con ella; Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr) by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar is a masterpiece: The narration, rhythm and flow...

Although today sees the 25th anniversary of Elvis’ death, “The King’s alive!” more than ever. The remix of Elvis’ A Little Less Conversation by Dutch DJ JXL...

Robert Altman died on November 20, 2006 at the age of 81 at Los Angeles’ Cedar Sinai Medical Center from cancer related complications. His latest film, A Prairie Home Companion, was...

Review of the jazz album SuperBass 2 with Ray Brown, John Clayton and Christian McBride (basses). Recorded live at the...

Biography In 1994, at the age of 23, the Swedish singer Lisa Ekdahl became famous overnight in her homeland with her debut album and the #1 hit single Vem Vet (Who Knows). The record...

Dave Brubeck has died today, just one day before his 92nd birthday. Another jazz legend has left us. His music will remain. Sheet music by Dave Brubeck [December 5, 2012]. Biography of...

History of Tiny Bell Trio The Tiny Bell Trio with Dave Douglas on trumpet, Brad Shepik on guitar and Jim Black on drums is one of the rare truly innovative and exciting trios around....

Ken Burns’ Jazz documentary series (10-DVD box-set: Amazon.com; 4-DVD-set: Amazon.de; Amazon.co.uk.) aired in the United States on PBS in January. Cosmopolis is based in...

Martha Argerich was born in Buenos Aires in 1941. At 3, she played the piano for the first time. Two years later, she began taking piano lessons with Vicenzo Scaramuzza. At 8, she made her...