“I bid farewell to Heath Ledger at this very urinal”: a walk through Terry Gilliam’s key locations.
Tucked away in a Covent Garden alley, on the facade of a former banana warehouse, hangs a blue plaque. It…
The Louvre Museum Heist: A Visual Breakdown Through Video, Photos, and Maps
In a bold daylight robbery on Sunday, thieves stole invaluable Napoleonic-era jewels from the Louvre, the world’s most popular museum.…
“You can learn a lot by losing”: meet Don Manuel, the 104-year-old chess player
The year Manuel Álvarez Escudero learned to play chess, fascist bombs fell on Guernica, a tragedy immortalized in Pablo Picasso’s…
Review of “Nobody’s Girl” by Virginia Roberts Giuffre: A Harrowing Account of Power, Corruption, and Abuse
In her memoir “Nobody’s Girl,” Virginia Roberts Giuffre, an activist and survivor of Jeffrey Epstein who died by suicide in…
The one change that made a difference: I suffered from severe insomnia until I discovered a surprisingly effective, though gruesome, solution.
For years, I believed that sleep was something I simply couldn’t master—like solving a Rubik’s cube or stopping my hairline…
Zelenskyy calls on allies to avoid appeasing Russia after failing to obtain US missiles.
Upon returning from the United States without securing long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, Ukraine’s president has called on allies not to…
Italian curses and German creativity: the unique ways people swear across the globe.
When researchers asked people worldwide to list every taboo word they could think of, the results revealed striking cultural differences.…
Valuable jewels taken from Louvre in heist by skilled thieves
In a highly professional heist at the Louvre in Paris, thieves used an angle grinder to break through glass and…
Police are investigating allegations that Prince Andrew requested an officer to obtain information about Virginia Giuffre.
The Metropolitan Police are investigating claims that Prince Andrew instructed his taxpayer-funded bodyguard to gather information about Virginia Giuffre just…
My father cursed our family and abandoned us. Yet after he died, his presence seemed to follow me everywhere.
My father passed away nine months ago, and last night, he drove me home in a taxi. We first realized…