Athol Fugard, South Africa’s Giant Playwright, Dies at 92
South Africa “has lost one of its greatest literary and theatrical icons, whose work shaped the cultural and social landscape ...
South Africa’s giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Athol Fugard, South Africa’s foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as “The ...
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Amazon Boycott Is a 'Calculated Strike,' but Will the Retail Giant Feel It?
When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto ... not to buy anything from retail giant Amazon for one week. The proposed boycott ...
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Movie Reviews
The Hulu documentary challenges ideas around who is responsible for the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.” By Natalia Winkelman Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits ...
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Giant Panda
Despite their exalted status and relative lack of natural predators, pandas are still at risk. Severe threats from humans have left just over 1,800 pandas in the wild. The panda, with its distinctive ...
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Dick McTaggart, boxer who delivered a dazzling display to win Olympic gold in 1956
Dick McTaggart, the Olympic boxing champion who has died aged 89, was the first British fighter to compete at three successive Games; the tall Dundee southpaw, with his trademark crewcut and white ...
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National Geographic Magazine
Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same? Elephants are learning to live with us. Can we do the same?