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by Anitra Pavlico Lately I’ve been craving the music of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). As reality continues to be fraught, in the midst of a pandemic, social unrest, culture wars, and on and on, Ravel’s music offers an enticing escape. Described by his close friend, concert pianist Ricardo Viñes, as “inclined by temperament toward the poetic and fanciful,” Ravel created music that continues to captivate with its otherworldly beauty. Another reason for his appeal now, when t...

Expo 2020 Dubai gets new boost with French pavilion inauguration 5 hours ago Reem Al Hashimy and Franck Riester along with other dignitaries during the inauguration ceremony in Dubai on Thursday. The French Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai was officially inaugurated on Thursday in the presence of Reem Al Hashimy, Director General of Expo 2020 Dubai and Minister of State for International Co-operation and Franck Riester, Delegate Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Attr...

06 abril 2021 Expo Dubai: Enel’s innovative light installations will speak to the emotions of visitors of the Italy Pavillion Enel, official provider of the Italy Pavilion, showcases its technologies through two light installations, entitled "Second Sun" and "Second Moon", based on the Internet of Things and an innovative smart metering system that can monitor energy consumption in real time Rome, April 6 th, 2021 Enels energy will light up the Italy Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai , ...

Charlotte Brontë with a message from the Luddites. Mr. Moore was but half a Briton, and scarcely that. He came of a foreign ancestry by the mother’s side and was himself born and partly reared on a foreign soil. A hybrid in nature, it is probable he had a hybrid’s feeling on many points—patriotism for one. It is likely that he was unapt to attach himself to parties, to sects, even to climes and customs. It is not impossible that he had a tendency to isolate his individual person from any...

abhishek@khaleejtimes.com Filed on April 1, 2021 France, amidst all the Covid clamour last week, quietly nominated its baguettes or the staple bread stick to be included on the Unesco intangible cultural heritage register. And if that verdict, to be announced in late 2022, turns out to be in its favour, then it is sure to go a long way in protecting yet another decades-old tradition, story of deep knowledge and skills, like this status has aimed to do for everything from the UAE’s f...

Eli Harvey: The forgotten Quaker artist … or is he? Jonathan McKay - Contributing columnist The name Eli Harvey isn’t as well-known in Clinton County as it once was. He is, though, one of our most famous citizens. But who was he really? And what did he do to become so famous? Some know he was a painter, sculptor, and Quaker, but what else did he do? Why has he been forgotten by many? Eli Harvey was born September 23, 1860 to William P. and Nancy M. Harvey. They were a Quaker family like so ...

Decanter Protos: a true Spanish pioneer Promotional feature.Bodegas Protos helped to establish the reputation of the entire Ribera del Duero region. Julie Sheppard finds out how it’s still at the forefront of quality wine production today; while Natasha Hughes MW tastes and rates the Protos range The name Ribera del Duero is well known by lovers of Spanish fine wines today. But in the early 20th century, it was a very different story. At that time the DO didn’t even exist ...

€29.90 Unique circumstances About a week ago, the International Chess Federation announced the new dates for the World Championship match in which Magnus Carlsen will face the winner of the Candidates Tournament. With a prize fund of 2 million Euros, the event is scheduled to kick off on November 24 and last until December 16. It was confirmed, as well, that the match will be held at Expo 2020 in Dubai. The World Expo, which was originally scheduled to start in October 2020, d...