An outsider reading the cultural and political news coming out of Beirut in recent months might be forgiven for thinking there were two different places called "Beirut, Lebanon." On one hand there has been the political stasis afflicting the country
Any art exhibition that includes a painting entitled "Wuthering Heights" might be expected to yield a heady sense of emotion and corporeality. Emily Bronte's classic Victorian gothic novel is a tale of fierce passion set among the moors of Yorkshire,
It turns out that other artists, in particular those wanting to go beyond the mediocre, really are inspired by my book. I guess this is what I set out to achieve when I began to write, but the response and
A Saudi blogger has made a short video featuring Bible texts allegedly calling for war and Christian extremists preaching violence, in response to an anti-Quran film by a Dutch lawmaker that sparked angry street protests across the Muslim world.
It's hard not to feel some sympathy for Michael von Graffenried, especially if you're a "local foreigner" - those peculiar creatures who live overseas for years and mutate into something neither local nor foreign. The role is all the more
Istanbul has its own urban problems, yet for a city its size they are less visible than in the golden city of Prague, now somewhat tarnished by excessive commercialisation property speculation and mass tourism...
I've been thinking about this as I approach my 31st birthday. I'm not exactly old but like it or not I'm not in my first flush of youth either. When I was a schoolgirl I had...
