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Updated Dec 24, 2020 How did Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas story become a trophy for a Wall Street titan? By Zachary D. Carter Marc Janks/HuffPost Gather round, friends, and savor a holiday fable for our bitter age. As in the Charles Dickens classic  A Christmas Carol, the villain of this story is money. It features its own Ebenezer Scrooge and ghosts of moral compunction. But the ending of our tale has been adjusted: Money prevails and Scrooge dies miserable and rich, but not before buying off his ghosts and fashioning them into a museum exhibit. That’s where I’m standing, in th...

Most Expensive Sales of 2020 2020 won't be remembered with much fondness. However, we had plenty of time to read, and some lucky people made notable and expensive additions to their collections. AbeBooks' most expensive sales of the year list features a book that is celebrated each year in Dublin, a map from 1482, a photography book published in 2019, a British secret service agent, some rampaging dinosaurs, a wondrous children's story and the last gunslinger. by James Joyce, £34,635 Published by John Lane The Bodley Head in 1936, this is a first edition bound in vellum. A fine ...

  3. “The Privilege of Getting Together” at Regular Normal, New York The inaugural group show at Regular Normal is an impressive survey of 16 emerging artists, including Bony Ramirez, Joiri Minaya, Larissa de Jesus Negron, Bryan Fernandez, Melissa Joseph, and Max Sarmiento. Behind the new gallery is the co-founder of MECA Art Fair and ARTNOIR, Danny Baez, who believes a gallery should first and foremost serve as an open forum for its community. Location: Regular Normal, 76 Bowery, New York Price: Free Time: Wednesday and Thursday, 12–7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 12–8 p.m.; Sunday...

Flats, offices, and a hotel - the latest developments approved by Manchester's planning committee A number of planning applications were considered at the last planning committee meeting of the year 17:07, 18 DEC 2020 Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains...

Because The Snowman isn’t the only short film worth adding to your festive ritual. 10 December 2020 Anthony (2014) Christmas is a time for movies. But if it’s your job to bake the Christmas cake, put up the tree, wrap the presents and cook the turkey, you may find it hard to set aside the 2¼ hours you need to watch The Holiday (2006) or It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). Which is why short films are so valuable. Christmas has been the subject of short films since the dawn of filmmaking, when Santa and Scrooge quickly became recurrent characters on screen. BFI Player has 2 vers...