At Vuitton, the Louvre is a stage for stars, spectacle and Paris Fashion Week's moving...

And in a season of musical chairs — with roughly ten marquee houses unveiling new creative directors this very week — one constant held. Nicolas Ghesquière, who has steered Vuitton’s women’s line since 2013, didn’t flinch or chase a trend. He...

Long-Awaited Exhibition for Rediscovered Old Master Michaelina Wautier Opens in Vienna

The 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier was nearly forgotten by art historians until 1993, when one of her paintings was discovered in the storage area of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The monumental painting in question, Triumph of...

Vienna's Belvedere: A Impressionist Collection of French Artists on Tour

The exhibition was conceived in the Lower Belvedere and the Orangery and will be on display until February 8, 2026. As Belvedere Director General Stella Rollig emphasized at a press conference, this is not a “standard touring exhibition,” as the...

‘Forgotten’ Belgian baroque female artist honoured in major exhibition in Vienna

The largest exhibition to date of Flemish Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier has been opened by Queen Mathilde of Belgium at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Showing almost all of her surviving works – including paintings never before shown...

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at ARTS Theatre

Reviewed by Ewart Shaw, Thursday 25th September 2025. The hills are alive with the sound of music and the Arts Theatre is alive with The Sound of Music, in this most enjoyable production from the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Now, this is not the...

‘Anna’ Case Shocks Austria: Alleged Gang Rapists Walk Free

Austria has been left angry after the Vienna Regional Court acquitted ten young men, most of them from a migrant background, who were charged with sexual acts with a 12-year-old girl. The decision has triggered outrage among politicians,...

Louis Vuitton unveils ethereal collection at Paris Fashion week

Flouncy skirts, sculptural ruffles and exaggerated Peter Pan collars flowed along the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week on Tuesday. With stylistic influences from the 1960s, models strutted down a catwalk...

Classical Music Playlist, September 30, 2025

Beethoven in 1805 by Joseph Willibrord Mähler The opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony are iconic and immediately recognizable around the world. But do you know the rest of the symphony? It’s always good to re-visit Beethoven’s entire Fifth...

Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain Top Choices for Bulgarian University Applicants in 2025

For the 2025/2026 academic year, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Italy, and Spain are among the most popular countries for higher education among Bulgarian university applicants, said Nikolay Hristanov, Higher Education Manager at Integral,...

Pluto TV launching Pluto Snooker 900 channel

Pluto TV, the free streaming platform, is launching new snooker channel Pluto Snooker 900. Snooker fans in the UK, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland can tune in to all the table action from October 6th....

Today in History: Enriqueta Basilio lights the Olympic flame

Today is Sunday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2025. There are 80 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 12, 1968, Mexican track and field athlete Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies...

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp reveals whether he will EVER return to management - and if he still watches the Reds - as he opens up on his life after leaving the dugout

Jurgen Klopp insists he has no plans to return to management and does not miss the dugout one jot. The Liverpool legend is more than grateful to be off the hamster wheel and admitted he does not even bother to watch every Reds game in his free...

1,000 years of music, 20 events in 8 venues - the 24th edition of the Brighton Early Music Festival to take place over three weekends in October

With more than 20 events ranging from 17th-century songs woven around the words of Oscar Wilde, to a reflective SongPath walk led by mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries as well as Emerging Artists performing in a Showcase, relaxed pub concerts, and the...

Alica Schmidt poses in green bikini while enjoying picturesque views in Austria during off-season vacation

Alica Schmidt turned heads with her stunning pictures, posing in a green-colored bikini during a family outing to Austria. The athlete has been in her off-season after the 2025 German National Championships. At the national championships, Schmidt...

Tranoï, Woman, Première Classe trade shows set to start during Paris Fashion Week

Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 29, 2025 Paris will be buzzing as usual during the womenswear fashion week and, also as usual, it will be hosting three of its longest-established trade shows: Tranoï, Woman and Première Classe. They...

Pink Runway is walking in solidarity

2 THIS YEAR’S Pink October has been the most memorable for me because of the Pink Runway held last Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, at the SM City Davao Annex Event Center. Since 2012, I have been joining the Rotary Club of Downtown Davao (RCDD) in all of...

Molecular fingerprint predicts physical fitness in older adults

Could a simple blood test reveal how well someone is aging? A team of researchers led by Wolfram Weckwerth from the University of Vienna, Austria, and Nankai University, China, has combined advanced metabolomics with cutting-edge machine learning...

A ceasefire breaks over the blood-soaked soil 

OVER the last two years, the streets of Britain and the corridors of power have become a battleground as bombs rained down on Gaza supplied by British arms manufacturers. In years to come, the extent of British responsibility will become clear. In...

Skylight Music Theatre

“It was a pleasure to sit in on some of the auditions for the ‘25-’26 season for Skylight Music Theatre, getting to observe some of the beginning processes of what makes a production successful,” says photographer Phil Kidd. “A photographer can...

Austria calls for medical corridor amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza

Austrian Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger says the “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis in Gaza has led her country to support calls for a medical corridor, allowing patients to be evacuated to the occupied West Bank for treatment. In a social...