Author: Ewang Johnson
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)In June 1993, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Michael Crichton’s novel brought prehistoric monsters to life. That year, Crichton spoke to the BBC about why dinosaurs continue to fascinate us.One of the most celebrated moments in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park has two scientists, played by Sam Neill and Laura Dern, staring agasp at a Brachiosaurus towering above them – it’s the first time these characters and the audience have glimpsed the colossus in all its onscreen glory. As John Williams’s iconic overture swells, a wave of childlike wonder washes over their faces. And ever since the film premiered 32 years…
Agrifood supply chain resilience is a rising business risk; the number of days with moderate or high food price volatility for rice and wheat has doubled or tripled between 2020 and 2024. Climate risks could cut global crop production by up to 35% by 2050, with staples critical for Africa’s food security like rice, maize, and wheat particularly vulnerable. A new analysis by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Quantis, Building Resilience in Agrifood Supply Chains,explores how rising climate risks, shifting trade dynamics, and evolving geopolitical conditions are colliding to make food supply disruptions more frequent, severe, and complex. Global production value…
Brian Wilson, leader of the US rock band the Beach Boys, has died aged 82, his family announced on Wednesday. Wilson was one of the world’s most influential recording artists, with writing credits on “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other classic summertime anthems. Source link
National Trust Images, Matthew HollowViscountess Astor by John Singer Sargent, 1908 (Credit: National Trust Images, Matthew Hollow)The rich, glamorous, American women of the gilded age who married into the English aristocracy faced some challenges – but they were resilient, formidable characters. As TV’s The Buccaneers season two begins, and an exhibition in London is devoted to them, we explore the lives of the women who inspired writers and artists.Can the new Duchess of Tintagel steer clear of scandal? Will her fugitive sister, Jinny, keep her baby from the clutches of her husband, the monstrous Lord Seadown? Can Mabel and Honoria’s…
More than 30 CPD-certified sessions designed to address project delivery, professional standards, resilience and regulatory compliance mandates Four themes across the South Africa Infrastructure & Water Forum host senior leaders and government representatives exploring funding strategies, policy alignment and project execution Infra360 Talks, Water360 Talks and Big 5 Talks to provide practical insights across key industry verticals, spotlighting ethical practices, workforce skills and digital construction. The South African construction market is valued at around $125 billion and the broader infrastructure market at $193 billion (source: AbiQ). As the country gains momentum, showing measurable gains on a challenging 2024, Big 5…
She is Brazil’s most compelling defender of Black feminism. Philosopher, writer and professor Djamila Ribeiro has been instrumental in calling out structural racism and pushing for societal change, be it in publishing or in politics. Ribeiro joins us to talk about her deeply personal book “Letters to my grandmother”, which recounts her own experience as a young woman and reflects upon the socio-political context that her mother and grandmother were navigating in 20th-century Brazil. Ribeiro has used her public platform to boost feminist and anti-racist campaigns, discussing the “speaking place” that each person inhabits, a key concept in her best-selling…
SHK/ Hamburger Kunsthalle/ bpk. Photo: Elke WalfordFrom spending time by yourself to making the most of being single, flying solo can be fulfilling – a philosophy championed by a new wave of books.In Wim Wenders’ recent film Perfect Days, the main character, a Tokyo toilet cleaner, spends many of his hours in solitude; watering plants, contemplating, listening to music and reading. While more characters are introduced as the film develops, for many viewers its earlier moments are, indeed, perfect; described by the BBC’s own Nicholas Barber as a “meditation on the serenity of an existence stripped to its essentials”, it…
APO Group, the leading Pan-African communications and media relations consultancy, has earned two major accolades at the prestigious 2025 Davos Communications Awards held on11April 2025, in Davos, Switzerland: a Gold Award for Canon’s ‘World Unseen’ campaign at GITEX Africa and a Bronze Award for the ‘10 Years of Miraisha’ celebration. The Davos Communications Awards, presented by the World Communications Forum Association (WCFA), recognise exceptional communications firms, experts, and internal teams that have produced excellence and achieved quantifiable impact worldwide. Canon’s World Unseen Experience, which won Gold, was a PR event that broke new ground. It launched at GITEX Africa, enabling…
Funk icon and pioneering multi-instrumentalist Sly Stone, whose band Sly and the Family Stone remolded musical norms and challenged segregation along racial and gender lines, died at the age of 82 on Monday, his family said, leaving behind a legendary, genre-mashing discography which lifted Afrocentric music and hippie culture. Source link
A24Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal make for a starry love triangle in this exquisite new film from director Celine Song, who previously made the Oscar-nominated Past Lives.If you’ve seen any of the trailers for Celine Song’s Materialists, ignore them. In those previews and on paper, the film seems like a well-cast but stock romantic comedy, with Dakota Johnson as a professional matchmaker torn between a former love (Chris Evans) and a dazzling new possibility (Pedro Pascal). In fact, the film is hardly a romcom at all, but something far more original and captivating: a piercingly honest exploration of…