“I have never seen so many brains out of their heads before!” declares Dr Michael Hfuhruhurr, the world-renowned neurosurgeon played by Steve Martin who has a love affair with a brain in a jar in the 1983 movie, The Man with Two Brains.
Thirty five years on, the prospect of...
Most of us associate Hong Kong with gleaming skyscrapers, bustling industry and frantic markets. But a succession of homegrown and international music festivals are turning it from staid metropolis into a city of song.
Clockenflap
First and foremost of Hong Kong’s music festivals is the whimsically named Clockenflap. Starting out as a...
The U.S. request marks yet another major setback for relations between the United States and Cuba, two countries that only recently renewed diplomatic relations after a half-century of hostility. It comes as the U.S. seeks to protect its own diplomats from unexplained attacks that have harmed at least 21 Americans in Havana with...
My cancer, an aggressive tumour on the salivary glands, was diagnosed in early 2015. I’d first noticed the lump the previous summer, but tests proved inconclusive. It took a deep-tissue biopsy in January to confirm that it was cancerous. Because of where it was – and because it had...
An ancient culinary tradition handed down from generation to generation ...
The gastronomic scenario of the Siciliainbocca Restaurant is an authentic journey through the flavors, colors and aromas typical of Sicilian cuisine: a symphony of sensations designed specifically to involve every sense and to give an experience full of unique...
"The unforgettable italian touch" for an unforgettable stay
Strategically located in the heart of the historic center of Pozzuoli, the Nido della Quaglia is the icon of hospitality made in Italy. Surrounded by natural beauty, this welcoming B & B is an important reference point for those travelers looking for...
The picturesque Via Camerelle of Capri, which has always been the favourite tourist destination, is home to elegant designer boutiques with timeless charm. Here, among flowering wisterias and climbing bougainvillea that paint every single glimpse of intense purple, back in 1946 Amedeo Canfora began his craft activity, differentiating himself...
Yingluck fled abroad last month fearing that the military government, set up after a coup in 2014, would seek a harsh sentence.
For more than a decade Thai politics have been dominated by a power struggle between Thailand’s traditional elite, including the army and affluent Bangkok-based upper classes, and the Shinawatra family, which...
Leprosy may have originated in Europe rather than Asia, according to the largest study to date on ancestral strains of the disease.
The study has revealed that more leprosy strains than expected were present in medieval Europe, prompting scientists to reconsider the origins and age of the devastating disease.
“For centuries...
Archaeologists have found the first evidence to suggest that Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 65,000 years.
The discovery indicates their arrival on the continent was up to 18,000 years earlier than previously thought.
It was made after sophisticated artefacts were excavated from a rock shelter in the...
