Installation view of “Zizipho Poswa: Indyebo yakwaNtu (Black Bounty),” Southern Guild, Los Angeles, Calif., 2024. | Courtesy Southern Guild On View presents images from noteworthy exhibitions GRACEFUL AND BOLD, the ceramic and bronze sculptures of South African artist Zizipho Poswa celebrate African…
Literature
The best new books on economics
A look at how to control nothing but influence everything; a re-evaluation of how we learn; and breaking down the flaws in economic analyses. Human discovery has been driven by a desire to sort and simplify the world. But our…
Value of books and reading
SIR: April 23rd every year is marked around the world as World Book and Copyright Day. Also known as International Day of The Book, it is a day set aside by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote…
The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books
Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through your phone or watching TV? Here is how to get lost in literature again. In the age of digital distractions, it is easy to struggle to…
Benin Debuts First-Ever National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Everything Precious Is Fragile is an opportunity to collapse the conventions that define the nation in the global popular imagination. VENICE — Still in 2024, inclusion in La Biennale de Venezia remains an honour. It’s a symbol of recognition, legitimacy even,…
PICTORIAL: Inside the most expensive school in Nigeria
Inside Charterhouse Lagos, A newly commissioned primary school in Lekki with its secondary school underway that charges N42m as a fee per annum. Charterhouse Lagos is the first British independent school in West Africa and part of the prestigious Charterhouse…
Nobel Prize in Literature Jon Fosse Is the 2023 Laureate
The Norwegian writer was honored “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” The prize is awarded for a writer’s entire body of work. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to the Norwegian…
FEELING GOOD BY DAVID D. BURNS
The Book in Three Sentences All your moods are created by your thoughts. When you’re depressed, your thoughts are dominated by a pervasive negativity. The negative thoughts which cause your depression nearly always contain gross, cognitive distortions. The Five Big…
BIGGER LEANER STRONGER BY MICHAEL MATTHEWS
The Book in Three Sentences “Building muscle and getting stronger requires lifting heavy weights, and doing short, intense sets of relatively low reps”. “Eating enough protein every day is rock–bottom fundamental to building muscle and increasing strength”. “Most everything you…
THE CLEAR HABIT JOURNAL
A notebook based on science. You do not rise to the level of your goals—you fall to the level of your systems. The Clear Habit Journal is a combination daily journal, dot grid notebook, and habit tracker. Tiny changes, remarkable…