Explore the latest virtual content from the Getty and listen to various intriguing podcasts on topics you may not have explored before.
Something a little bit different this month — we’ve collated a series of online events for you to consider that are being held online from the Getty Museum.
Michael-John Jennings, News UK’s archive specialist, on the projects that The Times archive has been working on this month
Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar, was set to be a pillar of the establishment before dropping out to pursue country music. The singer’s greatest hits came from the years he spent as a struggling songwriter chronicling messy, itinerant lives.
‘Art has made my life magical at a time when I thought it would be unbearable,” Billy Connolly says. “My disease creeps up on me — every day it gets stranger and more different. I don’t know how I would have coped without drawing. It’s taken me out of the scene and put me somewhere else, where I can survey it from a different angle.”
We call them cyclones here in New Zealand, and that’s exactly what we got this year. Not one, but two, called Hale and Gabrielle. While we all watched the impact on TV, it’s not until you see it with your own eyes just how devastating the cyclones were. Communities had to live with the devastation of the cyclones while cleaning up and rebuilding, which must have taken its toll. Like many, DJ Dave and Coll rose from the ashes.
The spy agency has issued a challenge for you to put your puzzle-solving skills to the test with the launch of its annual Christmas challenge. And here it is for you, dear reader. It’s a wet day at the bach or crib. Grab a pot of tea and a slab of G’Ma’s fruit cake. The challenge with a Christmas card, fronted by a rare image of a snow-covered Bletchley Park, is designed for a mix of minds to solve. Whether you are an analyst, an engineer or a creative, there is a puzzle for everyone.
Overwhelmed by the number of TV shows on Netflix? Finding you spend more time scrolling than you do watching these days? Looking for new TV series that break out of the echo-chamber of algorithmic recommendations? Our list of the 50 best TV shows to watch on Netflix right now may be just what you’ve been looking for.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found there are two main character types. When presented with a box of chocolates do you just dive in or must you head to the entire choc box menu and give thoughtful consideration to your options. Ellen Langer has been teaching her decision-making course for more than 40 years. “Almost all the decisions we make are on the trivial side and we can change our minds down the road,” says Ellen Langer.
Emperor of Rome, by Britain’s most famous classicist, is a sequel to SPQR, her 2015 book that traced Rome from its founding kings to the embers of the republic. As an ambassador for the ancient world, Beard has become prima inter pares, not just as an author but an advocate for broadly based classical degrees. Trajan, Claudius, and the rest of Rome’s rulers did more than just party: according to Mary Beard’s new book, the paperwork was endless.
Ian McEwan, former enfant terrible, controversial Booker winner, and undisputed elder statesman of contemporary English fiction celebrated his 75th birthday on June 21. As well as short stories and film scripts, he has written 16 novels over the past 45 years, which means there are a lot of books to choose from for this list, especially the lesser-read early ones. We have excluded his 2019 novella The Cockroach, partly because its length makes it not much more than a short story, and partly as an act of mercy. Do you prefer Atonement or Saturday? Here is a verdict on all 16 novels
2022 was a memorable year for film, Tom Cruise flew back on to our screens as Maverick and Colin Farrell partnered with a donkey — while Emma Thompson went in the buff. We got two water worlds, several love letters to cinema, Baz Luhrmann’s ode to the King, award-winning comebacks and the beginnings of a recovery from the pandemic as audiences braved cinemas again.
