Founded in 1926 as the Latvian Radio Centre Orchestra, the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) is one of the greatest...

It was clear from the start that Boris Johnson is unfit to lead the United Kingdom. Exiting the world’s largest free trade...

Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History at the University of Exeter, writes in his book Winston Churchill — A Life in the...

The (small) surprise winner of the primaries of Les Républicains in France: Valéry Pécresse. For the first time in their...

It is a big defeat for Joe Biden in Virginia. He had won the state in the presidential election against Trump with a 10% margin....

For 16 days, from September 18 to October 3, 2021 Paris had featured a temporary attraction: the famous Arc de Triomphe, wrapped...

It is complicated. The social-democrat Olaf Scholz has currently the biggest chances to become the next German chancellor. But...

The Swiss Fondation Beyeler in Riehen near Basel presents from September 19, 2021 until January 2, 2022 the exhibition Close-Up...

Art Basel 2020 took only place online. This year’s edition was postponed from June to September. Finally, on the first days only for VIP’s, Art Basel 2021 opened its doors on...

Yesterday, Art Basel and the Swiss bank UBS published Dr. Clare McAndrew’s Resilience in the Dealer Sector: A Mid-Year...

I’ve only heard the conductor Kirill Petrenko live once. It was August 24, 2019. He was conducting the Berliner...

In 1911, the expressionists Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky wrote in their programmatic publiciation aka the almanac The Blue...

Without the United States, NATO is a paper tiger. Therefore, decisions made by U.S. presidents are crucial for the entire...

In a speech which ended a few minutes ago, Joe Biden’s defended the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. He said he had no...

In 2021, India is home to 38 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. A new, lavishly illustrated book with 250 color illustrations, co-published by Mapin Publishers and Hirmer Publishers (Amazon.com,...

The book by Eva Maria Fahrner-Tutsek and Petra Giloy-Hirtz, ABOUT US. Young photography in China, is a revelation. As the title...

When I was about to finish university (a long time ago), I offered myself a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, the iconic Art Deco watch...

After twelve long straight years in power (and fifteen in total), with especially economic highs, a great vaccine rollout and...

At first there was another stalemate in Israel after the fourth election in two years. No political camp managed to win a Knesset...

The Alberto Giacometti-Stiftung in Zurich—the fruit of a private initiative by a group of far-sighted and enterprising art lovers and launched while Alberto Giacometti (1901-66) was still...