Author: Ewang Johnson
This week, Marjorie Hache chats to two up-and-coming musical outfits: Naya Mö, who comes from Bordeaux and has just released an EP, “Dealing With Ghosts”, full of layered lo-fi indie; and Oracle Sisters, a trio who formed in Paris but hail from Denmark, Finland and Northern Ireland. They have just released their second mystical album “Divinations”, full of psych-tinted folk. We also take a look at Elton John’s collaborative album with Brandi Carlile, “Who Believes In Angels?” Source link
Getty Images(Credit: Getty Images)Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define the 21st Century.When the BBC first broadcast an interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in June 1993, there were thought to be only 130 websites in total. The BBC’s venerable science programme Horizon was investigating the new “Electronic Frontier”, in an era where “information is starting to redefine our world, its geography and its economy”. Gates told the programme: “This is the information age, and the computer is the tool of the…
Ghana’s Minister of Energy and Green Transition John Abdulai Jinapor will deliver a keynote speech at the Invest in African Energies: Accra Investor Briefing on April 14, 2025. The forum will offer strategic insight into the country’s recent and upcoming regulatory reforms as the country drives over 17 oil and gas projects over the next three years. Minister Jinapor’s participation will not only generate greater awareness around Ghana’s energy and investment opportunities but engage foreign operators and financiers ahead of the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies conference this September. Through industry reform, Ghana is positioning itself as…
Norma Dent eases into her chair in the 750-seat auditorium of the luxurious Terrace Theater in North Carolina. The seventy-three-year-old is visiting Asheville to watch the premiere of Doc Savage: Man of Bronze starring Ron Ely. The screen is stunning: it curves around the audience a full 180 degrees in what was known in June of 1975 as Ultravision. “I saw the movie three times that day,” she says. Norma weeps at each screening when she hears Ely deliver the Doc Savage code. “He said it as if he meant every word of it. It was wonderful.”Doc Savage novels were…
Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob Richard Chamberlain, who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama “Dr. Kildare” and starred in the mini-series “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds”, has died at the age of 90, publicist Harlan Boll said. Source link
On March 26 in Kampala, the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda H.E Zhang Lizhong, Ugandan Prime Minister’s Special Representative Hon. State Minister for Karamoja Affairs and WFP Uganda Country Director attended the launch ceremony together for the rice distribution donated by China to Uganda. Counselor Wang Jianxun and senior officials from Office of the Prime Ministeralso participated. At the ceremony, Ambassador Zhang Lizhong stated that for responding Ugandan government’s request, China decided to launch Emergency Food Assistance project by way of providing rice to Karamoja Sub-region. That is the practical demonstration of the Chinese government’s commitment to assisting Africa in addressing…
“Then you won’t marry me?”The prisoner shook her head.“No, it wouldn’t be fair to you. . . .”“All right,” said Wimsey, “I won’t worry you. Not fair. Abusing my privilege and so on.”—(Strong Poison, Ch. 21) The backstory for the above dialogue begins like countless other romances: a woman is in a tight spot until a man appears to save her. In Dorothy L. Sayers’s 1930 novel, Strong Poison, Harriet Vane is accused of murdering her lover. The evidence is so piled up against her that even those who have read the story several times might wonder if she actually did…
It’s a book that tells the astonishing story of the books that were smuggled across the Iron curtain during and after the Second World War. Described by the Observer as a “gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment”, “The CIA book Club – the best kept secret of the cold war” recounts the tale of how millions of books made it across the longest and most heavily guarded border on earth. In Perspective, we spoke to author Charlie English. Source link
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from Sultan of Oman, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, stated that the Sultan of Oman extended his greetings to President El-Sisi on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, conveying his sincere wishes for continued stability and progress for Egypt and its people. For his part, President El-Sisi expressed his heartfelt wishes for all success and prosperity for the government and people of the Sultanate of Oman. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt. Source link
It’s not silly that we define ourselves by our groups, and it’s a tendency that we should keep in mind when meeting with those we consider other</em . . . This content is for Christ and Pop Culture members only. If you’d like to continue reading it, either log in to your account or subscribe today. Source link