Eberhard Kornfeld, Art Dealer, Collector and Historian, Is Dead at 99
[ad_1] For more than a half-century, Eberhard Kornfeld, a renowned art auctioneer, dealer, collector and scholar, presided over an annual June auction under a tent [more…]
Category: Europe
How Pro-Palestinian Students Pushed Trinity College Dublin to Divest
[ad_1] Discontent over the war in Gaza had been building for months at Trinity College Dublin, but what had been a rumble last week suddenly [more…]
Kherson Residents Rebuild and Brace for New Russian Attack
[ad_1] A double line of concrete pyramids snakes its way across undulating farmland outside the city of Kherson. Anti-tank fortifications known as dragon’s teeth, the [more…]
‘They Are Erasing Streets’: Russian Attacks Bring War Nearer Kharkiv
[ad_1] After all-night air raid alarms, a weary Kharkiv woke up Saturday morning to a heavy gray sky and the disconcerting news that the Russian [more…]
A German Initiative to Keep Workers Employed by Retraining Them
[ad_1] When Emrullah Karaca began working at a factory in Gifhorn, Germany, where the auto parts supplier Continental builds components for hydraulic brakes, he was [more…]
An English Town Drops Apostrophes From Street Signs. Some Aren’t Happy.
[ad_1] Malcolm Wood, an English teacher in North Yorkshire, did a double take recently as he passed by a quiet road, St. Mary’s Walk. The [more…]
A Global Lesson from Britain’s Crumbling Conservative Party
[ad_1] “We did it,” Boris Johnson, Britain’s new prime minister, announced to a rapturous crowd of supporters on Dec. 13, 2019. “We pulled it off.” [more…]
British Colleges Are Handling Protests Differently. Will It Pay Off?
[ad_1] Palestinian flags fluttered in the breeze above two neat rows of orange and green tents at Cambridge University on Thursday, where students read, talked [more…]
A Solar Storm Lights Up the Night Sky
[ad_1] People in Britain marveled at the unusual and spectacular sight of the northern lights on Friday night, the consequence of a severe solar storm [more…]