The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...

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John le Carré was one of the great postwar novelists, converting the experience of Cold War espionage into brilliant works of literature. Yet he did so without really questioning the ruling doctrines ...

Robert Crumb is to comics what Louis Armsrong is to jazz, a revolutionary who pulled a maligned and misunderstood art form out of ... Reared in Delaware by a World War II Marine vet prone to ...

The Art Gallery of NSW has lost two of its most senior executives in the fortnight since Maud Page became its first female director, as details emerge of a rift in the major institution.

While not perfectly analogous, studying the effects of WWII mobilisation in India offers valuable insights into the potential impacts of large-scale industrial policy interventions today. Both involve ...

Using the AI tool, a user can turn their imagination into visual art with the Text to Image feature. Earlier in February, Israel’s Minister of Economy, Nir Barkat, said that the governments of India ...

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