The EconomistPoetry Young British poets are encapsulating the experience of lockdown The Economist KATE CLANCHY, a British teacher, poet and writer, did not intend her Twitter account to become a record of the country’s coronavirus lockdown. Over …
The EconomistSotheby's Sotheby’s experiments with live-streaming its art sales The Economist THE FIRST live-streamed global art auction began at a civilised 6.30pm, cocktail hour in New York, on June 29th. For Londoners it was nearly midnight …
The EconomistFilmmaking The continuing influence of “The Conformist” The Economist BORN IN 1941, Bernardo Bertolucci grew up amid the cultural renaissance of post-war Italy. The years of fascist rule were over; in cinema neorealism …
The EconomistMuseums Greece’s local museums offer a cornucopia of treasures The Economist MORE THAN 30m tourists visited Greece last year, but less than 0.001% of them made their way to the small archaeological museum on the island of …
The EconomistMacedonia (Greece) A new mini-opera pays tribute to one of Turkey’s political prisoners The Economist IN A HIGH-SECURITY prison outside Istanbul, Osman, an inmate held in solitary confinement, spots two snails nestled in a lunchtime salad served to …
