Every year, from 6 to 14 July, the capital of Navarre becomes a city that seems, for a time, to suspend its own rules. For nine days, Pamplona moves to the rhythm of religious processions, street music, dancing, concerts and late-night revelry. The festiv
…In my lecture on blue, I showed Konrad Krzyżanowski’s 1914 painting By Candlelight, created in Volhynia at his wife’s estate.
In 2026, the Bayreuth Festival marks the 150th anniversary of its founding. Yet the occasion increasingly looks less like an unqualified celebration of musical genius. Alongside discussions of the Festspielhaus’s exceptional acoustics, new productions and
British actor Anthony Hopkins, 88, has signed with Decca Classics and is preparing to release Life Is a Dream, an album of his own orchestral music. The record is due on 21 August 2026. Its first single, Bracken Road, from the piano-and-orchestra suite 19
The release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sparked a debate in Greece that goes well beyond the usual controversy over casting. The discussion began before the film’s international rollout on 16–17 July 2026, following the publication of casting d
The 80th Festival d’Avignon, running from 4 to 25 July, is less concerned with taking stock than with posing a series of uncomfortable questions — about death, violence, memory, political responsibility and the capacity of art to respond in times of socia
Several hundred representatives of the education sector, mainly teachers, as well as students and activists, gathered outside the Parliament of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation to demand a review of the reform package known as Décret Programme 2. The demo
British historian Norman Davies has warned Poles against sweeping generalisations and ill-considered remarks about Ukraine and its history. He set out his position in an interview with journalist Magdalena Rigamonti, published by the Polish news outlet Wi
The 80th Festival d’Avignon has officially opened in the southern French city. Running from 4 to 25 July 2026, the landmark edition brings together dozens of theatre, dance, music and multidisciplinary productions, alongside an extensive programme of disc