Eric Lu from Boston won the Leeds piano competition
The 19th Leeds piano competition was won on Saturday night by Eric Lu, a 20-year-old from Boston in the United States, whose sparkling and supremely confident performance of Beethoven’s fourth...
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Ray Bradbury: full of a great sense of joy
Lovers of literature call him an American treasure, a clear-eyed fantasist without peer, and a literary icon who has created wonder for the better part of seven decades. On subjects...
Jack Lemmon: “Happiness was working with him”
The recent death of Broadway legend Neil Simon recalled memories of his wonderful body of work, not the least of which was The Odd Couple, which premiered as a play...
The Philly Met’s resurgence
The Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House, built in 1908, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Developer Eric Blumenfeld calls the 39,200-square-foot Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House “the...
Zaha Hadid; planet in her own inimitable orbit
Initially, Zaha Hadid was called the “paper architect”, her plans were perceived to be unbuildable. For years, her designs struggled to move beyond the sketch phrase and be transformed into...
Andy Warhol: immune to the fickle winds of fame
Andy Warhol, the great American conceptual artist, was born 90 years ago. Known for the multimedia works exploring popular iconography that poured out of his New York City studio, The...
Medieval cathedrals: modern problems
In many parts of England, cathedrals face a financial crisis: they are expensive to maintain, often need renovations and are almost entirely self-funded – which means they are under constant...
What movies are most successful across all genres?
A team of UK scientists believe they have found the formula for box office success. After analysing data from 6,147 movie scripts and filtering it through a series of algorithms,...
Famous Antarctic explorers’ libraries
When you are planning a major expedition, the first “must-have” to include on your packing list is naturally thousands of books. On Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery expedition of 1901-04,...
Gilded Chicago: Portraits of an Epoch
The companion exhibition to the Driehaus Museum’s Beauty’s Legacy: Gilded Age Portraiture in America, this intimate gallery comprised of ten paintings focuses on prominent Chicago citizens and the portraits they...
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Climatic rainfall reshapes entire river ecosystems, prove ecologists from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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How to help middle-aged adults suffering from depression, cognitive strain and severe loneliness to restore their mental health?
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“I’m impressed and inspired with the infinite creativity of the Divine Master Artist”, says Robin Weiss, American painter
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The leading American landscape architecture firms create the flourishing urban and natural landscapes that connect people with nature
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What Americans think about the U.S. as the country turned 250
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The fragrant symphony of life: the fragrance of flowers is a gate to the soul
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The United States is preparing to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Independence, a significant milestone in modern American history
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Detroit 11th Annual Commercial Real Estate Mid-Year Forecast Summit in Birmingham, MI
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Why do Americans prefer life in the suburbs to life in urban or rural areas?
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Bisnow’s Broward County State of the Market Conference in Hollywood, FL
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Long Work days May Be Bad for Your Heart
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Should We Be Buying Iodized Salt?
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THE MARIINSKY BALLET OPENS ITS NEW SEASON WITH DON QUIXOTE, 24 JULY
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Time is running out for seniors to get a lifetime pass to US national parks for just $10
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The world’s best airline has been announced for 2017
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Researchers Discover How To Enhance Memories During Sleep… By Triggering Brain Waves
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Artist Hugo Wilson on Myths, Human Nature, and Why Painting Matters.
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Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztecs
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Specialized Foster Care Open House
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DWELL ON DESIGN CELEBRATES 12th ANNUAL YEAR
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Thomas Cole, America’s leading landscape painter
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Electronic payments instead of paper cheques
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Do consumers really pay more sometimes for the same goods?
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FascinatingValletta, ancient and up-to-date
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Medieval Bruges
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The Great Henri Matisse in London
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Is it possible to avoid screens?
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Our family happily escaped danger
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He just tries to communicate how he feels
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I thank the people who criticised me
