Lo confieso, cuando era pequeño en lugar de jugar al fútbol o pasarme horas delante de una videoconsola, mi pasión era construir cualquier cosa con papel y ver películas de Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas o Jack Lemmon. Aquellos cómicos de la era dorada de Hollywood me inspiraban a hacer reír a los demás, a paladear la…
Este viernes ha sido especialmente movidito para la familia real británica. La preocupación era mayúscula cuando un diario tan prestigioso como ‘The New York Post’ alertaba del declive de salud del rey Carlos III de Inglaterra. No solo se conformaba con hablar de que su situación había experimentado un retroceso, sino que hablaba del fallo…
Rana Mitter, vice president for public engagement, keen to move on from colonial guilt and post-Brexit introspection Britain’s most revered academic institutions ought to stop worrying about their outdated image, since they now offer the best route to global influence, according to British historian Professor Rana Mitter. The renowned China expert, now based at Harvard’s…
Der HSV schlägt nach dem so bitteren 0:1 gegen Kiel zurück, gewinnt bei Eintracht Braunschwig souverän mit 4:0 und hält damit die Aufstiegs-Hoffnungen am Leben! Gleich drei Hamburger Profis ragen dabei heraus. Hier die MOPO-Noten: Raab: Wenn er gefordert wurde, war er da. Musste diesmal allerdings nicht oft in das Spiel eingreifen. Note 3 Reis:…
Find a labyrinth to walk on May 4, 2024, the 16th annual World Labyrinth Day (observed on the first Saturday in May). In the photo: A labyrinth in Grace Cathedral, in the Episcopal Diocese of California, in San Francisco. (Photo by Marlith/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported) Here is a sampling of…
“It is the oldest question of all, George,” a colleague says to English spymaster George Smiley in John le Carre’s brilliant novel “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.” “Who can spy on the spies?” But I have a different question: Why is no one apprehended on charges of espionage ever a spy? I mean, I know why….
The feature-free phone, launched at Milan design week, is the latest device to tap into young people’s concerns about attention-harvesting and data privacy It’s almost enough to make you stop doomscrolling: dull devices are now cool. The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that is feeding the growing appetites of younger people who…
If the former president regains the White House in November, America faces a far worse dystopian future than being shown in cinemas Director, cast and critics all agree: Civil War, the movie depicting America tearing itself to bloody bits while a cowardly, authoritarian president skulks in the White House, is not about Donald Trump. But…
