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The Cultural Highlights of the Past Decade | Arts.21
The decade is coming to an end. Some cultural events have bombed – some,however,are still resonating years later. Here at AR...
Bachs Christmas Oratorio Stood on its Head | Arts.21
Bach sounds through the machine room of an old heating plant - the Christmas Oratorio,in fact...
The Power of the Feminine – Botticelli | Arts.21
Sometimes seductive,sometimes strong,sometimes fragile: the female figures of the Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli...
The Failure of Culture in the Gulf Emirate | Arts.21
Cultural entrepreneur Michael Schindhelm came to Dubai with a big project in mind: helped by the petrodollars of the sheikhs,he aimed to construct an exquisite landscape,complete with an opera...
Protected Fortresses – Gated Communities | Global 3000
Admission only for the authorized: and that means owners,employees,and invited guests. All others see only high walls and guarded entrances...
Freed Slave in Niger | Global 3000
Like everywhere else in the world,Niger forbids slavery. But like in many other places,slavery is still tolerated...
Global Laws Against Slavery | Global 3000
Although almost all 192 UN member states have ratified the convention to abolishslavery,deceit or the threat of violence still keeps millions of people in forced labor...
Questionnaire: Cort Wrotnowski | Global 3000
Cort Wrotnowski lives and works in a hub of hedgefund headquarters. He is worried that the United States has not yet seen the worst of the economic downturn...
Squatted Land in Brazil | Global 3000
Gated communities are popular in Brazil,as well. Brazilians who can afford it fence themselves off. Housing for the poor is in short supply...
As we like it | Arts.21
William Shakespeare's works have featured in the top ten dramatic works performed in Germany for years...
As we like it | Arts.21
William Shakespeare's works have featured in the top ten dramatic works performed in Germany for years...
The Ruhr as Europe
It all starts up four weeks from now. The Ruhr Area celebrates its status as a cultural center,one of three so-called European Culture Capitals. People are beginning to get nervous...
Herta Müller Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature | Arts.21
It's a good week to be Hertha Müller: on Thursday,she'll be presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature at an awards ceremony in Stockhol...
Climate Refugees in the South Pacific | Global 3000
Some 100,000 people still live on the 32 islands of Kiribati. But global warming is making water levels rise...
Questionnaire: Vimi Devan of Mumbai,India | Global 3000
Vimi Devan,40,lives in Mumbai - when she isn't in the sky. Vimi is a flight attendant and away from home about 30 percent of the time...