The haunted landscapes of Téa Obreht — from the Balkans to the American West
The Serbian-American writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how death, afterlife and American West mythology inspired her novel, Inland.
The Serbian-American writer spoke with Eleanor Wachtel about how death, afterlife and American West mythology inspired her novel, Inland.
The ghost of Jandamarra has returned to the warrior's Kimberley heartland in a spectacular production, says 720's cultural reviewer Victoria Laurie.
So shocking is the case of 18-year-old Alex Braes, it's prompted a group of clinicians who worked at the regional hospital where he was treated to blow the whistle on what they believe are systemic failures.
Making it through the night in a dark cell surrounded by spirits, ghost-seekers, psychics and spooky storytellers.
Coronavirus has been a catalyst for lots of Australians to speak up about their experiences of racism, but what happens when the attention fades away and people are left to deal with lasting psychological trauma?
When there's a smell of smoke in the air, bushfire survivor Michael King still feels jittery. He describes it as similar to "how a Vietnam veteran might feel if he hears the sound of a chopper overhead".
A series of killings that happened 170 years ago have created deep rifts in South Australias Waterloo Bay and a new cliffside monument is at the centre of the debate.
The 41-year-old man from a remote Central Australian community was found guilty of two counts of "sexual intercourse without consent" for a sustained assault in which he raped and punched his aunt and then brandished a shovel at her as she tried to flee.
A year after her murder, Toyah Cordingley's name still hangs in shop windows, on posters strung up on trees, and stickers on car bumpers in nearly every street in Cairns.
Mardi Liebelt was next in line to take a flying fox through the rainforest canopy when the zip-line snapped, watching in horror as a 50-year-old South Australian man fall to his death and his wife writhed in pain.
The death of one of the fiercest advocates for changing the name of the Mid Western Highway to Wiradjuri Way prompts renewed calls for change.
What does culture mean to you? We all have a culture we identify with, whether it's linked to our nationality, ethnicity, religious beliefs or language. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture plays an especially significant role. Why do you think this is? Think about what happened to Aboriginal Country, clans and languages and how this has affected many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ identities.
Colby Cave, an excellent teammate whose lone goal for the Edmonton Oilers this season came on an “awesome” rush down the ice, died Saturday after a brain bleed this week. He was 25.
The PotterCast hosts have received your sympathetic vibrations and have materialized for an all new Halloween themed episode. This week in addition to the top 5 Potter news stories, we talk all about the many Halloween nights in the Potter series, including a blast from Canon Canondrums past and the mystery of the Missing 24...
Episode 244 — Happy Haunts of Hogwarts
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Exclusive offer from Giveaway of the Day and ToomkyGames! No third-party advertising and browser add-ons! In Haunted Gallery, a hair-rising hidden object game, the famous exorcist Gwendolyn Rose is going to have to save the world again! This time the road leads her to the Haunted Gallery. Each painting in the gallery is a magic portal to a distant and abandoned place. The Gallery is connected with the real world by invisible threads. The problem is that an evil essence called Custodian has seized power over this sacred place. Help Gwendolyn defeat him!
The great continents of North and South America are linked by an isthmus which also separates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This volatile area both politically and geologically is where the Mayan Indian ruled in preColombian times. Now between Southern
Using data from an especially bright population of stars, astronomers have reconstructed the Milky Way’s peaks and valleys like never before.
Trips to the movies and baseball stadiums are out of the question at the moment, but taunting the Astros over their 2017 World Series title remains in season.
USC officials said they learned Tuesday that some online Zoom classes had been "disrupted by people who used racist and vile language."
Looking at photos of the shooting at Kent State, I'd always wondered: Where were the black students?
In Hollywood Hills, the glass-covered Midcentury home of late football player Milt Davis is on the market for $2.199 million.
In Beverly Hills, a two-story home once owned by Ed McMahon that Donald Trump vowed to save from foreclosure is asking $6.795 million.
Seeing the first Star Wars in 1977 changed the director's life. He wants viewers to be similarly moved by "Rise of the Skywalker."
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Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE
Penny Mordaunt MP, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth North; Secretary of State for Defence (2019); Secretary of State for International Development (2017-2019)
Chair: Thomas Raines, Director, Europe Programme, Chatham House
Drawing on her experience as secretary of state for defence and secretary of state for international development, Penny Mordaunt discusses how soft power can protect, promote and project Britain’s international interests and foreign policy agenda.
Often defined as the capacity to influence others without coercion or force, soft power differs from traditional military capabilities in favour of more subtle forms of influence rooted in values, culture and civic institutions.
Consistently upholding democratic values and human rights can contribute to a nation’s soft power as much as its cultural icons and legacies. However, utilising soft power – the power of attractiveness – is not straightforward: the government is only part of a broad mix of institutions and actors with a role to play.
Can the UK develop a long term approach that brings together all of the components of its soft power for a common purpose?
What are the key sources of Britain’s soft power? How has Brexit affected perceptions of Britain internationally? And with the UK’s departure from the European Union now confirmed, how should we think about its soft power in the future?
Ghost fishing. Sounds eerie, right? Unfortunately, it is indeed as eerie as it sounds. Ghost fishing occurs when lost or abandoned fishing gear stays in the ocean and traps fish or other marine life, indiscriminately killing whatever it catches. Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), as it is known officially, is being recognized as a topic that we must [...]
A forthcoming study finds that beginning middle schoolers benefit from two 15-minute writing exercises to boost their sense of social and academic belonging.
Discrimination based on race and disability demands our attention—and action, writes Catherine E. Lhamon, the chair of U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Permanently-drawn curtains on the city’s empty luxury high-rises and dust gathering over shuttered storefronts in the Beirut Souks mall offer a glimpse of the economic gloom gathering over one of the world’s most indebted countries.
"The first batch of staff were trained at French labs," she said, adding that its equipment is tested every year by internationally recognised third parties.
As Trump claims to be the first American president to stand up to Beijing, his aides have built a possible deal on a foundation of distrust.
The loan moratorium, as suggested by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month and subsequently implemented by various lenders across the country, might be able to provide some temporary relief for now but could also play a hand in changing the credit landscape of the banking sector.