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[Kim Seong-kon] What if Nazism and imperialism had won?

Recently, I watched the alternate-history dystopian television series “The Man in the High Castle” with great enthusiasm. Based on the 1962 novel by Philip K. Dick and produced by Ridley Scott, the TV drama explores the compelling themes of another possibility, another history and another world. It also presents the…

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Moving, complex ‘Valley of Shadows’ explores culture clash in the Himalayas - review

There have been many movies in recent years chronicling the journey of Westerners into Third World countries where they travel to engage with nature or seek spirituality and enlightenment. Most of these, however, have been one-note, with the foreign travelers meeting locals who are glowing with wisdom and virtue, or…

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Too big for Sydney: This massive work signals Opera Australia’s comeback

After several years plagued by management volatility and financial strife, Opera Australia is pitching its 2027 season as one of stability and renewed ambition with a varied slate of productions for Sydney and Melbourne. The new season ranges from a new David McVicar production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser to a family-fri…

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"The Galloping Cure", ópera de Missy Mazzoli sobre la epidemia de opioides, se estrena en Edimburgo

Esta imagen, difundida por la Scottish Opera, muestra a Justin Austin, en primer plano, en el centro, y a Susan Bullock, en la parte superior, en el centro, durante una representación de “The Galloping Cure” en el Theatre Royal de Glasgow, el 28 de julio de 2026, en Glasgow, Escocia. (Antonia Bain/Scottish Opera via…

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Bulgaria lights up its Black Sea coast with digital art festival

Installations and projection shows illuminated buildings, fields, beaches and the sea in Tsarevo, Varvara, Ahtopol and Sinemorets. Artists from eight countries took part, combining contemporary art with the coastal landscape after sunset. The programme ran each evening from 9 p.m. to midnight and was free to the pub…

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‘Terrifying’ ‘abusive’: the women who worked for convicted rapist Ralph Carr speak out – Full Story podcast

For the past three years, we’ve known him only as a ‘high-profile businessman’, accused and then convicted of raping a woman in his home. Until last week, when the court order suppressing his name was lifted and he was revealed to be Ralph Carr, one of Australian music’s heavyweights, a man who helped bring us the b…

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