With opera house attendances falling alarmingly, venues such as La Scala in Milan are trying to titillate and lure the young The image appears to come straight from a horror movie. A woman cries out in pain and anguish, her...
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My four-year-old says he wants to be baptised, but my ex-husband feels he's too young to decide. Should I nip this in the bud or embrace our son's spirituality? The dilemma When our sons were born, my ex and I decided to allow...
She's Latin America's hottest singer with fans around the world. But in her native Colombia Shakira is as well known for her work with the country's poorest children. Euan Ferguson meets a popstar with real attitude Something...
Colleagues laughed when a young journalist in Palestine announced his intention to tell the story of that region though cartoons. Twenty years later, Joe Sacco is one of the world's leading exponents of the graphic novel form…...
How did fur, once taboo, become so acceptable – desirable even – again? Elizabeth Day investigates an ethical dilemma that goes to the heart of the fashion industry – and meets the animal rights campaigner who refuses to be...