Culture

We are social beings who need close supportive contact with others for both psychological and physical health. Interest in celebrities, as part of a broader preoccupation with the culture of entertainment, has infiltrated almost every aspect of life...

Hers was a garlanded life, full of accomplishments and enormous deeds that will distinguish her as a major figure, not only in entertainment but in world affairs. On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in...

The affair might have passed relatively quickly had it not been for the success of the far-right Alternative for Germany party in the 2017 federal election. Germany’s performance in the FIFA World Cup in Russia was nothing short of a...

Madonna never stopped provoking, surprising, aggravating and upsetting as many people as she could and in full view of as many people as possible. One way to decide whether someone hastens a cultural shift rather than just provides great art and...

The late V.S. Naipaul’s writings may, at best, be described as toxically gloomy, a process of political incorrectness — of hopelessness, anxiety and alarm. Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul, who died in London, aged 85, on August 11, had a great...