Disgraced French writer Gabriel Matzneff, currently under investigation for raping children, has found a new editor who said Thursday it would publish a collection of his essays.. As recently as 2013, Matzneff was feted by a wider cross-section of the French literary establishment, winning the prestigious Renaudot Prize for a previous collection of essays.
Taken off-air shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the liberal Echo of Moscow radio station has found a new home in Berlin from where it has resumed the fightback against President Vladimir Putin's propaganda.. The radio station's veteran editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov -- who has been with Echo of Moscow since its founding in 1990 -- has remained in his home country and is part of the new project.
Illustrator Oleg Gryshchenko took a 17-hour bus ride and a flight to get to the Frankfurt book fair.. With no civilian flights out, the took a lengthy bus ride to Poland for an event there, before flying on to Frankfurt.
The son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti spoke of his father's bravery in using "music as a weapon" ahead of an immersive exhibition opening at the Paris Philharmonic on Thursday.. The Paris Philharmonic is paying homage to Fela Kuti by recreating the atmosphere of his sweaty, politically-charged nightclub in Nigeria, The Shrine, that became a beacon for global stars in the 1970s including Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney.
The New York civil trial against Oscar-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Haggis, who is accused of raping a publicist in 2013, opened on Wednesday.. The 69-year-old was accused in December 2017 by film publicist Haleigh Breest of abusing and raping her in January 2013 when she was 26 years old.
L.S. Lowry's "Going To The Match", one of the most iconic paintings of 20th century British art, sold at auction Wednesday for a record-breaking £7.85 million ($8.81 million).. The 1953 artwork features Lowry's emblematic stick figures set in an industrial landscape of northwest England -- in this case, a crowd of people heading to a football match in Bolton.
Former US president Donald Trump is expected to testify Wednesday in a defamation case pitting him against a prominent American columnist who says he raped her in the 1990s.. Carroll, a former columnist for Elle magazine, sued then-president Trump for defamation in a New York civil court in November 2019.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro apologized Tuesday after his visit to a group of teenagers he implied were sex workers drew accusations of "pedophilia" from opponents.. After Bolsonaro's apology, at least two other videos in which the president had told the same anecdote about the girls were shared online.
Netflix on Tuesday reported that it gained more than 2 million subscribers in the recent quarter, calming investor fears that the streaming giant was losing paying customers.. The company said it ended the third quarter with slightly more than 223 million subscribers worldwide, up some 2.4 million, after seeing subscriber ranks ebb during the first half of the year.
London rapper Little Simz on Tuesday won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize for album "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert", beating off competition from "One Direction" singer Harry Styles, among others. . Guitarist Bernard Butler, who won the second ever Mercury Prize with iconic indie band Suede in 1993, reappeared on the shortlist again, this time for his collaboration with actress Jessie Buckley.
