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THE arguments for and against assisted dying are highly personal and emotive, and consequently often generate more heat than light.

It’s Golden Turkey Awards Time, Folks! Our Turkeys are a little late this year but hey, we’ve been busy worrying about the collapse of the world’s economy.  This is the...

NO need to tell readers of this newspaper that last week marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Marcel Proust. Doubtless many of you have read…

Medical testing laboratories go on strike, local tax deadlines loom for some, France’s fuel discount reduces, a hunting accident trial begins and more

In Ernaux, French literature reaches a moral terminus.

“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s, there are few.” ((Shunryu Suzuki, Prologue Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, (1973).)) Has there ever been a more urgent time to embrace many possibilities? This age of pervasive uncertainty and division may well be very fertile ground for questioning our assumptions and interrogating our beliefs.

One of the biggest manga series ever is One Piece, which follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates since 1997. Naturally, it has smashed a few records, including being the top-selling manga of all time. Now, another record is in the sights of the One Piece franchise, this time, for being the longest book ever....

Artist Carole Caroompas, who died over the weekend, believed that artists are 'supposed to assault the senses or change the world.'

When these writers, solitary creatures of the night burning the midnight oil, seek to satisfy their nocturnal cravings, what do they seek to fill up—their grumbling stomachs, their hollow minds, their aching hearts, their restless souls?

Clipping printed coupons is on the decline. Core77 Visual Communications Design Award winners. Making leather from pineapple leaves. A cursed object trifecta: books, a phone number, and a Kleenex ad. A grant to develop graphene-based sustainable housing construction materials. Air New Zealand is adding beds to its economy class. The keys to an effective workout playlist. Designing Saucony’s Endorphin sneaker launch event. What the optimal number of times you should flip a hamburger? French’s...