After the death of Stalin in 1953, the Soviet Union had a similar purge of hardline actors who committed crimes. Ideological cleansing also took place, as the communists disowned many of the policies of the Sta
seem to have remembered the war in Syria only through the US withdrawal and the Turkish offensive. This creates some perplexity in the face of a conflict that has been going on, continuously, for almost 9 years and has resulted in a civilian death toll that is officially ...
In the year 2000, Robert Zemeckis unleashed What Lies Beneath, his moody Alfred Hitchcock homage. Previously, Zemeckis had directed big budget Hollywood fare such as Back to the Future, Romancing the Stone, Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Contact, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. On May 6th, Sh...
Spanning the Japanese artist’s seven-decade career, “Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now” is a riot of colour filled with seminal works such as her Infinity Net sculptures and Death of a Nerve, alongside rarely seen pieces. Fall in love with classic Hong Kong cinema with “Revisiting the Glory ...
Stout, Gene
The timing of the package -- "iHate: Intolerance takes over the internet" -- was uncanny. As we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, America slid into a Summer of Hate. People threatened places of worship, defaced cemeteries and intimidated others because of the way they...
What To Do on the Anniversary of a Loved One’s DeathAlmost anyone who has experienced loss will tell you that holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries tend to be some of the hardest moments to get through. While everyone else is out celebrating and enjoying themselves, you are mired in memori...
We found out on Maury. He’s the strong, silent type.” Something that crept up early in the night was a little bit of sarcasm from the audience that I found annoying and I think Ruston did, too. A few people interjected during his banter–one to give him a hard time about tuning...
1. What's different about the number of people attending this coronation compared with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953? There will be far fewer guests at this coronation compared to that of the late Queen Elizabeth's. 2. True or false? At the coronation, Kings Charles will be cr...
While we struggle with the right thing to say to someone who is dying, we often overlook one of the most valuable things we can offer someone at the end of life; the gift of our presence. As a person nears death, they often lose the ability to communicate, but their sense of touch ...