The King’s Man recounts the origins of the fabled Kingsman group. At its centre is Ralph Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford, a gentlemanly pacifist who has the ear of kings and kingmakers alike. For many, the Duke’s relationship with his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson), will immediately draw com...
Despite the Republic’s growing wealth and territories, inequality remained rife. Plebeians were the backbone of the army and bore the brunt of imperial expansion but reaped few rewards. Longer military service in support of campaigns left them unable to tend to their farms, indebting many. Pat...
No two second acts are exactly alike, though they can look similar on paper. Wildly successful early careers can turn catastrophic, and not everyone wins redemption. Some people have the knack for failing upward, and others jump from one success to another. Second acts are often the stuff of...
images and bringing them to the world via radio stations and formal album rollouts. now the artists themselves have the reins, and they are likely to find an audience through their own social-media platforms, or through an unconventional kingmaker like grandmaison. grandmaison, a white 35-year...
The many hats of Pierre Omidyar Undeniably a formidable force in the promotion of the “Jo Cox Four” and the White Helmets, Jeffrey Skoll is not the only eBay billionaire involved in manufacturing consent for Syria regime change or in promoting the activities of the founding members of the ...
“The Iraqi politicians have tried many times procrastinating people’s demands which are calling for reform,” Mudahir al-Lamy, another protestor, told The Daily Beast. “Yesterday, we sent a clear message to them that they have no place in the new Iraq. They have stolen our money, so ...