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The South of France is beautiful if you don't look at it. Keep your back to the coast, and the Mediterranean sea and sky look much the same as they did to the ancient Greeks who settled in the two best natural harbors and called them Marsilia and Nike (Marseilles and Nice). Turn your back on the main attraction, however, and you see the ruin of nature.

Every month, we take a moment to honor someone among those having a birthday that month who has made a real mark in the entertainment world .  January's birthday salute goes to a sensation on the stages of theatres and cabaret. With a click, you can see who it is and then see how much you know about their by taking our multiple-choice quiz.

Our favourites include a subterranean vinyl paradise, music-themed cocktails at a favourite bar and an ocker take on King Lear.

A childhood memory of the sea stirs the British-Libyan writer to reflect on the power of literature and libraries to bring us together in troubled times

The intrepid logician Kurt Gödel believed in the afterlife. In four heartfelt letters to his mother he explained why

The famed mezzo-soprano, who grew up in Prairie Village, is kicking off the new year back home.

Claudine Gay’s exit as Harvard’s president is doubtless a tragedy for her, but the rest of the country can benefit from her saga. Hired despite her meager publication record, then kept on even as credible evidence of plagiarism mounted and a catastrophic testimony to Congress proved an institutional embarrassment, Gay exemplifies what happens when diversity is prioritized over merit.

Boulder County's 2024 theater season promises a suite of unforgettable performances. Toni Tresca. Boulder Weekly.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The windfall is 28 times his annual salary as leader of the Church of England and head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its a life-changing sum, a friend tells me.

The directors of The Full Monty, In the Bedroom and Michael Clayton pay tribute to the actor, who died on Saturday, along with David Hare, Richard Eyre, John Madden, Jonathan Pryce, Jay Roach, Justin Theroux, Harriet Walter, Cathy Tyson, Christopher Eccleston, Peter Webber and Marion Bailey