Never Forget Tibet: The Dalai Lama’s Untold Story review — soft-focus documentary on spiritual leader By: News Desk on April 19, 2023The film-makers behind this Dalai Lama documentary must be cursing the timing of its release, just after that video sullied his godlike status as hero of world peace and symbol of Tibet’s resistance against China. Narrated with dignified gravitas by Hugh Bonneville, its selling point is an interview with the Dalai Lama, speaking on film […]
Mysterious blue swirl lights up the night sky over Alaska and mesmerises onlookers on April 19, 2023Last weekend, stargazers in Alaska were treated to an unusual sight; an eerie, pale blue spiral that appeared in the night sky. It emerged during a display of the Northern Lights, where charged particles from the sun interacted with the Earth’s atmosphere to produce bright bands of green. But despite its UFO or portal-like appearance, […]
Quiche Le Reign! Cooked up in the Palace kitchen, it’s the official taste of the celebration on April 19, 2023Queen Elizabeth had Indian-inspired Coronation Chicken served at her banquet in 1953. Seventy years later her son, King Charles III – who adores anything with eggs and cheese – has plumped for a ‘Coronation Quiche’ to celebrate being crowned. Unveiled yesterday by Buckingham Palace, the dish also appears to have taken inspiration from the monarch’s […]
‘Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition’ — best seats in the house for sold-out show on April 19, 2023He Exhibition on Screen series fully comes into its own with this guided tour of the Vermeer show currently taking place at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam; all the physical tickets for its four-month run are sold out, and so this film represents the only realistic chance for most people to take a turn around the […]
‘Pathogenesis’ offers different lens on history By: Agencies on April 19, 2023Great historical changes are often conceived of as being brought about by the genius and tenacity of great men, or occasionally women, but Jonathan Kennedy argues in his book “Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues,” that germs are largely responsible for everything from the decline of the Neanderthals to the current poverty […]
Patriarchy’s mega challenge By: Dr. Zia Ahmed on April 18, 2023The patriarchal setup has gradually relented and given space to the women of the formerly colonised countries and lost the traditional power that came with the social setup. Imperialist and culturalist colonisation is the game-changing event of the past two centuries because it brought forward the two distinct strains of social setup in the world. […]
Inside Britain’s ‘most welcoming town’ where the crime rate is so low locals leave their keys on April 18, 2023A local taxi driver offers up two stories as evidence of just how friendly Kirkwall, the largest town in Scotland’s Orkney archipelago, can be. The first: He left his wallet, phone and car keys on the passenger seat of his unlocked car in the town for four days and nothing was touched. The second: He […]
‘Much Ado’ — William Shakespeare’s adaptation offers modern British take on April 18, 2023This well-intentioned adaptation of the Shakespeare romcom relocates the tale from Messina to modern day, faintly drizzly Britain. Beatrice and her cousin Hero are imagined as university students enjoying a languid afternoon together, until their idyll is shattered by a busload of high-spirited rugby players. Among them is Benedick – a commitment-phobic hunk who is […]
‘Quiet luxury’: No flash, no logos, but big-time style By: Agencies on April 17, 2023It’s a come-and-go trend that, while spiking in the pandemic’s wake, traces its roots as far back as the American industrialists of the 19th-century Gilded Age and France in the 1700s. And retailers are taking note, as are more designers looking to capture not only the rich but their wannabes, too. Think Hollywood nepo baby […]
TikTok may be bad for privacy, but is it also harming our cognitive abilities? By: Agencies on April 17, 2023The United States government is considering a national ban of TikTok, a social media application used by over 150 million Americans. Although the primary reason for the ban is privacy concerns, it presents an opportunity to consider other potential risks. It is well known social media apps can negatively impact mental health outcomes, a fact […]