Russia’s oldest actor Zeldin passes away at 101
Soviet and Russian stage and film legend, Vladimir Zeldin died early on Monday at the age of 101. Zeldin died in Moscow’s Sklifosovsky Institute of Emergency Medicine. He was hospitalized there on October 29 after undergoing treatment in a military hospital for three weeks. “Vladimir Mikhailovich died early in the morning. I received a phone call from the clinics where he had stayed recently. He had been in intensive care...
Indian washermen keep tradition alive despite daily grind
Standing knee deep in a cement tank of milky water, Dinesh Kumar dunks clothes before vigorously scrubbing them with a brush at an outdoor laundry in the Indian capital. After quitting high school, Kumar joined his father among the ranks of traditional washermen who have hand-cleaned the sprawling city’s dirty clothes for generations. Over the years, the work of “dhobi wallahs” has modernised to a degree, with...
Nobel academy member slams ‘arrogant’ Dylan
A prominent member of the academy which awards the Nobel literature prize slammed this year’s laureate Bob Dylan as arrogant on Friday, citing his total silence since the award was announced last week. The US singer-songwriter has not responded to repeated phone calls from the Swedish Academy, nor reacted in any way in public to the news. “It’s impolite and arrogant,” said the academy member, Swedish writer Per...
Flemish ‘Mystic Lamb’ masterpiece restored after chaotic past
A painstaking restoration of a 15th-century Flemish masterpiece is revealing the long-lost detail and splendour that helped make the altarpiece one of the world’s most stolen artworks. “The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb” by the Van Eyck brothers was unveiled 600 years ago at Saint Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent, but since then its full glory has dimmed, after being split into pieces, seized by Napoleon, then the...
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