The article reflects on Bob Dylan’s profound influence over the past century, highlighting his early career from 1961 to 1965 and the accolades he’s received, including the Nobel Prize for Literature. It also discusses the biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’, which portrays his formative relationships and struggles, illustrating his journey from folk to rock music.
Juan Villoro Political correctness and the culture of cancellation are gradually bringing modernity closer to the Middle Ages. In Poland, a women’s rights activist has just been sentenced to eight months in jail for giving away abortion pills that a woman had not used. In …
Located at the heart of the Saadiyat Cultural District, the three gray-white buildings each look unique yet appear to share something fundamentally similar. This undeniable similarity between them embodies the shared values espoused by the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex that stands as a …
Juan Villoro In 1946, automotive engineer Louis Réard presented an invention capable of stopping traffic: the bikini. The two-piece garment was named after the atoll where the first atomic bombs exploded. Twenty years later, the explosive garment was appearing on magazine covers, fashion runways, movies, …
Juan Villoro “Organizing a library is a silent way of exercising the art of criticism,” wrote Borges. Books live in contagious density; they dialogue with each other; they benefit from other people’s discoveries, but also errors: Ptolemy, who was wrong, allows us to assess Galileo’s …
Anthony Bourdain * 10 January 2018 Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales, and anything resembling Mexican in enormous quantities. We love Mexican beverages, happily knocking back huge amounts of tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer every year. We love Mexican people—we …
Hallelujah by G. F. Händel performed like never before. More than 350 voices united, virtually, in a great song of optimism. Suggested by LBTK
Defined as An accelerator of human progress A Vision of what a new future might look like NEOM is a bold and audacious dream. It is a vision of what a New Future might look like (in fact, NEOM means, “new future”). It’s an attempt …
