Mozart stands in white marble in the Burggarten, one hand extended, with the Hofburg rising through the trees behind him. It is an easy place to connect Vienna's imperial history with its musical…
A desk can look perfectly placed at ten in the morning and become uncomfortable at four in the afternoon. The sun moves across the screen, the rest of the household returns, and the quiet corner…
Closing a laptop is quick. Returning a working desk to the rest of the home can take considerably longer. The mouse needs somewhere to go, papers remain open, a charging lead crosses the table and the…
On the evening of March 1 2026, shipowners with tankers in the Gulf started opening emails from their insurers. The US and Israeli strikes on Iran were barely a day old. No mine had been confirmed in…
At 10:30 every morning, except Mondays, a crowd packs the square outside the east gate of what the signs now call the Kashgar Ancient City. Drums start. The gate swings open. Dancers in Uyghur costume…
The breakers on the beaches at Alang, Chattogram and Gadani have the cash and, since last year, the paperwork. What they don't have is ships. Clarksons Research counts 273 vessels sold for recycling…
Lionsgate has found a new source of capital for its ambitions beyond distributing films. On October 26, the company announced a joint venture with producer and financier Steven Paul’s SP Media. The…
Water carries dissolved material into every orchid pot. Some of it supplies nutrients; some can accumulate around roots or change the acidity of the medium. A clear glass of tap water can therefore be…
Chake Chake is a useful place to begin understanding Pemba Island. The town is a centre of administration and trade on the Tanzanian island, with a market, an old fort and roads leading toward the…
Aleksandar Vučić lost Serbia’s snap parliamentary election on Oct 25 2026 and said so himself about ninety minutes after the polls closed. Based on his party’s sample count, he said, it was clear they…