As readers may recall, the Venice Biennale debacle was discussed at some length in this column on Saturday, March 1. The ...

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Imagine standing in the silent presence of a living being that has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, the birth of ...

Ukrainian Easter eggs are a must-have highlight of Easter, which Eastern Orthodox Christians will celebrate on April 20 in ...

A symbolic tradition across the world, colorful Easter eggs are synonymous with the holiday. The Easter egg museum in ...

Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP ...

Audrey Hepburn takes a break from filming Breakfast at Tiffany's — still wearing a multi-string pearl and diamond necklace.

The greatest civilisations of humanity – today increasingly merged into the amorphous world of the globalised consumer ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

The Sphinx is oriented from west to east and faces the rising sun. This was important to ancient Egyptians, who worshipped the sun ...

Western right-populism, on both sides of the Atlantic, has long been held back by three crises: a crisis of legitimacy, a crisis of mutual distrust and a crisis of longevity. The first two have, ...

Apr. 13—"In Israel right now, there is a lot of sadness. This is a tough Passover," Rabbi Larry Kaplan said as about 80 members and friends of the Friedman Jewish Community Center in Kingston gathered ...