When there were rumours that extra-terrestrials had landed in deepest Alaska, the bureau chief of the World Wireless Service (WWS) in Omaha, Mr Williams, immediately rushed off there to investigate. Although the flying saucers had disappeared by the time he arrived, he sent off his report about them anyway to his New York office […]
“Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride”. The Puerto Rican singer Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio (stage name “Bad Bunny”) emphasised his commitment to his origins and his belief that “an artist should never forget where they are from” when he performed and spoke almost entirely in Spanish during half-time at the National […]
“We know you love fashion: That’s Why You’re Here. Right?” The media release from the British Fashion Council (BFC) prior to the latest London Fashion Week (18th – 22nd September) was as always extremely exuberant and forward-looking. “With a packed schedule (it proclaimed) we’ll be celebrating Britain’s bold voice through designers who have helped shape […]
“What’s the nicest word in any language?” For the american writer and journalist, Laura Ingalls Wilder, best known for her children’s books, there’s just one answer: “Home”. The British actor, Frank Dillane, who’s starred in, among others, the Harry Potter film “The Half-Blood Prince”, agrees. Not having somewhere safe and secure to live, he’s declared, […]
“Íf you believe all your money concerns will disappear if you become rich, think again”. When the Forbes american media organisation’s staff member, Chase Peterson-Withorn, made this observation to accompany the publication of its 2025 “Global Millionaires List” on 1st April, he also pointed out that although the very prosperous don’t have to cope with […]
“Film is at the heart of the UK’s cultural sector, soft power and identity”. So declared the Guardian in its editorial on 10th May appraising the “potentially disastrous impact” of President Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on all movies “produced in foreign lands”. The industry, the newspaper asserted, is already in a “precarious state” […]
“Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible”. This was the firm view expressed by the American author and two-times Pulitzer prize-winner, Barbara Tuchman, in her speech to the US Congress Library in 1980. She would have been encouraged by the recent report issued by the World Population Review showing that the United […]
“This is not a library, it’s a coffee shop”. This was how Raquel Llanes, manager of the Departure Cafe in Barcelona’s Raval area, cited by the Euronews correspondent Rebecca Ann Hughes, vented her frustration regarding the people who arrived, ordered only an expresso, occupied a table for eight hours or more, asked her to turn […]
“It’s staggering to see how much damage Trump has done to US soft power in just two weeks and painful to imagine how much more harm he could do”. This was the reaction of Marc Caputo and Brittany Gibson, two contributors to the Axios news website based in Arlington, Virginia, on 28th January to the […]
“Its The ‘Fab 40!’ proclaimed the Evening Standard on its front page on 19th February. The newspaper was extolling the fact that the latest London Fashion Week AW24 (16th-20th February) also marked four decades of “shining a light on the talent, diversity and creativity of the capital”. However, on the first day of the event, […]