Books
Donald Trump asks in new book: Is ‘unusually beautiful’ Taylor Swift ‘legitimately liberal’?
Culture
11.06.2024
Donald Trump asks in new book: Is ‘unusually beautiful’ Taylor Swift ‘legitimately liberal’?
It’s creepy. It’s very creepy. Former president Donald Trump has shared his views on global popstar Taylor Swift, describing…
Culture Re-View: The cultural impact of George Orwell’s dystopian classic ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
Culture
08.06.2024
Culture Re-View: The cultural impact of George Orwell’s dystopian classic ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” So goes the famous opening of…
The 10 Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with the worst vibes
Culture
08.06.2024
The 10 Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with the worst vibes
Two new characters have been added to the popular Mr. Men and Little Miss series of children’s books. Mr. Fib…
Spanish design duo reveal secrets behind award-winning Barcelona library
Culture
28.05.2024
Spanish design duo reveal secrets behind award-winning Barcelona library
The Gabriel García Márquez Library is no ordinary library. From the outside it looks like a huge, white stack of books…
‘Caja de las Letras’: Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures
Culture
28.05.2024
‘Caja de las Letras’: Inside an old Madrid bank vault full of literary treasures
The headquarters of the Cervantes Institute, a global non-profit promoting the Spanish language and culture named after the «Don Quixote»…
Judge a book by its cover: inside the world of book cover design
Culture
19.05.2024
Judge a book by its cover: inside the world of book cover design
Go into any bookshop and you’ll see a smorgasbord of design styles. There will be the big, bold, blocky text…
Pulitzer Prize: Winners of the 2024 arts categories address identity, race and war
Culture
07.05.2024
Pulitzer Prize: Winners of the 2024 arts categories address identity, race and war
Several stories tackling race, slavery and the US Civil War, both real and invented, were among the winners this year…
Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding
Green
05.05.2024
Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding
Most of us today are familiar with rewilding — the concept of bringing nature back in certain areas, restoring lost…
ICYMI: EU Police arrest Georgians suspected of stealing €2.5 million worth of antique books
Culture
30.04.2024
ICYMI: EU Police arrest Georgians suspected of stealing €2.5 million worth of antique books
Over 100 law enforcement officials were deployed last week to raid 27 different locations in Georgia and Latvia – on…
Literary quarantine: National Library of France removes books believed to be laced with arsenic
Culture
29.04.2024
Literary quarantine: National Library of France removes books believed to be laced with arsenic
Remember Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film The Name of the Rose, based on Umberto Eco’s historical mystery novel of the same name?…