Arts, Ideas, and Travel
Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Wendy Scaife, Queensland University of Technology Few people globally have influenced business, sport, the environment and philanthropy like Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard. Chouinard’s inventive…
Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, circa 1472. Wikimedia Commons Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke, Mary is…
Mary Dzon, University of Tennessee Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her…
Gospel choir director Clyde Lawrence performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 25, 2025. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Elinor Harrison, Washington University in St. Louis On the…
By Matt Jacobsen, Queen Mary University of London Nearly four decades after Arnold Schwarzenegger’s muscle-bound version sprinted across screens, The Running Man returns to cinemas. In Edgar Wright’s hands, this…
John Tookey, Auckland University of Technology The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed into…
Shelley Inglis, Rutgers University What happens now? That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday,…
By Sanwal Hussain, Aston University Published: October 14, 2025 8:38am EDT The spate of public demonstrations against unemployment, corruption and low quality of life around the world is striking because…
Nick Marx, Colorado State University The Season 27 premiere of “South Park” in July 2025 began like so many of the show’s episodes: Resident bigot Eric Cartman is pissed off.…
Ruth Barton, Trinity College Dublin The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much All the President’s Men unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé…