The last time I played chess would have to be about 40 years ago. I was challenged to a game by a mate named Leslie Bolton who was quite good. When I could see no way out and offered to resign, he immediately swapped the board around and proceed... Read more
A top official in Dubai has urged residents to observe all COVID-19 safety protocols while celebrating Diwali, the Festival of Lights, over the weekend. Speaking to Gulf News in an exclusive interview, Mohammed Feras Arayqat, director retail reg... Read more
It has not been easy preparing for next week’s Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival during Covid but attendance is looking strong, an organiser says. More than 12,000 people are expected to attend Forsyth Barr Stadium over the last two day... Read more
A wide selection of music industry bodies have joined forces to issue official advice on how festivals can take place next year, after COVID-19 forced their widespread cancellation this summer. The new planning framework is led by the Associatio... Read more
Ficre Ghebreyesus Through Oct. 24. Galerie Lelong & Co., 528 West 26th Street, Manhattan; 212-315-0470, galerielelong.com. The painter Ficre Ghebreyesus (1962-2012), who makes his New York solo debut with the show “Gate to the Blue,” travele... Read more
Critics and scholars have reacted angrily to the announcement that a major touring exhibition dedicated to the late Canadian-American artist Philip Guston, and due to run at four major museums over the next two years, has been delayed until 2024... Read more
What is the music in Netflix’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’, and what does the ballet scene mean?
Charlie Kaufmann’s made-for-Netflix debut is every bit as strung out, metaphysical and frown-makingly philosophical as you might expect from the ‘Being John Malkovich’ writer – but will the music help us make sense of it? We’ll give it a go… Eve... Read more
The Rolling Stones have released a re-issue of their iconic 1973 album Goats Head Soup. This 2020 re-issue includes a new stereo mix of the entire album, as well as recording sessions, alternative mixes and three previously unreleased tracks. Go... Read more
Les Arts Florissants’ 2020 “Dans Les Jardins de William Christie” Festival opened in Thiré, France on August 22 with a performance of Handel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato,” the composer’s pastoral based on the poetry of John Milton.... Read more
“Lovecraft Country,” which debuts 8 p.m. Aug. 16 on HBO, tells the intersecting stories of two Black families as they travel throughout the Jim Crow North confronting monsters — some fantastical (pale gray beasts called Elder Gods) and others th... Read more
