A world of canals and islands: Venice

After a long season that recently culminated in punishing marathon performances of Wagner's Ring cycle, the brass players of the could have been forgiven for taking a breather. Instead, they assembled in full force on Tuesday evening at the ...

We do not need intelligence gurus to discover the motivations behind the Muslim brothers who perpetrated the Boston Marathon murders and mayhem. Shakespeare discerned the answer more than four centuries ago in The Merchant of Venice, about which ...

The trip had been magical in many ways. Indu Singh, her husband and her three children had been sightseeing in Rome, Venice and Florence on a winter vacation. They wandered around the ruins of Rome's Old City and received an invitation from a nun to ...

London - Marathons are so tedious. Running 26 miles in one go is for show-offs. Happily, a new kind of endurance challenge is available. Trekathons cover the same distance as a marathon, but with a lot less gasping and a lot more sightseeing in ...

Critic's Notebook: The explosions in Boston have understandably caused anxiety, but now more than ever we should fight for the ideals of open public spaces. By Christopher Hawthorne, Architecture Critic A marathon is among the most open and ...

This June, the Indonesian Pavilion , under the banner of Sakti- in Sanskrit meaning cosmic energy- is all set to be a force to reacon with at the 55th Venice Biennale . Five artists have been selected: Albert Yonathan Setyawan, Eko Nugroho, Entang ...

Home ? Contributors ? ? Posted April 30, 2013 Late yesterday, after a marathon hearing of the California Assembly Natural Resource Committee, Assembly Bill 521, known as the Marine Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act, received enough aye ...

After the explosions yesterday at the Boston Marathon, police departments used social media to send out immediate updates. Since the mid-1970s, police scanners have been the only way for civilians to access real-time updates from police ...

font size decrease font size increase font size Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Misikir Mekonnen of Ethiopia will lead an Ethiopian women team for the ABN-AMRO Marathon Rotterdam, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, which will take place here on April ...