Water bound in mantle rock alters our view of the Earth’s composition Grants Weinberg College EVANSTON, Ill. — Researchers from Northwestern University and the University of New Mexico report evidence for potentially oceans worth of water deep beneath the United States. Though not in the familiar liquid form — the ingredients for water are bound […]
The Untold History of Cabaret: Revived and Kicking As Broadway welcomes the ever-evolving musical, its star, Eddie Redmayne—along with Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and Sam Mendes—assess its enduring power. As director Rebecca Frecknall was rehearsing a new cast for her hit London revival of Cabaret, the actor playing Clifford Bradshaw, an American writer living in […]
150 years ago, on April 15, 1874, the first impressionist exhibition opened in Paris. “Hungry for independence”, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Morisot, Pissarro, Sisley and Cézanne finally decided to free themselves from the rules by holding their own exhibition, outside official channels: impressionism was born. To celebrate this anniversary, Musée d’Orsay is presenting some 130 works…
Gina Lollobrigida in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956), directed by Jean Delannoy. Photograph: Allied Artists/Allstar Film actor of the 1950s and 60s who went from early Italian roles to become an international star The actor Gina Lollobrigida, who has died aged 95, was one of the great film stars of the 1950s and 60s,…
How do filmmakers get period clothing to look the part? Inside the textile workshop where the past comes to life In the weave room, a worker uses a classic Crompton & Knowles loom to make suitable fabric for some 18th-century furniture. Bridget Badore Even before you walk into the prefabricated steel building set in the […]
Many issues arising from France’s colonial crimes in Algeria have still not been resolved Every year, Algeria remembers the colonial crimes committed by France against the Algerian people. The North African country commemorates several such dates throughout the year: February 13 – the day of the first nuclear test, July 5 – Independence Day, November…
Using Machine Learning to Help Digitize Ancient Texts from Indus Civilization The civilization of Indus River Valley is considered one of the three earliest civilizations in world history, along with Mesopotamia and Egypt. Bigger geographically than those two as it unfolded starting in 3300 BCE across what is now Pakistan and India, the Indus civilization […]
French ambassador Bernard Vernier-Palliez proposed a toast to Nathalie Hocq, chairman of Cartier International, in town to inspect the recently opened 111th Cartier store, this one in Chevy Chase. “You have shown that a team of youngsters can lead one of the good old names to success,” said the ambassador, turning to the slender, dark-haired […]
Bettany Hughes at an archaeological site in Azerbaijan for her Treasures of the World series. Photograph: SandStone Global Productions Ltd Excavations of bronze age graves have found battle-scarred female archers, says the historian Bettany Hughes In Greek legends, the Amazons were feared and formidable women warriors who lived on the edge of the known world. […]
“Chloe liked Olivia.” When Virginia Woolf wrote this innocuous sentence in “A Room of One’s Own,” her foundational work of feminist criticism, she opened the door to another field, still decades in the future—that of queer literary criticism. “Do not start. Do not blush,” Woolf cautioned her audience. (The published text of “A Room of…