For centuries, wolves were creatures of the night that required drastic action when it came to being kept out of town. Today, security officials are dealing with the dangers and nuisances of the wild boar. Less of (...) +
Argentinian artist Milo Lockett’s paintings sell for thousands yet he gives many of them away for free each year to charity. Milo is an artist who believes in the accessibility of art and he gives a lot of his time (...) +
In the English Channel off the French coast of Normandy, on the tiny island of Sark, a storm is brewing that threatens to change the lives of the island’s 600 inhabitants. The Barclay brothers from England, who own (...) +
After centuries of Western dominance, the world’s center of economic and political weight is shifting eastward. In just 30 years, China has risen from long-standing poverty to being the second largest economy in the (...) +
The behinds of J-Lo, Kim Kardashian, Beyoncé, and most recently Pippa Middleton have caused media frenzies the world over. In the street, bums aren’t hidden but are accentuated in tight jeans with high waistlines and (...) +
In 2011, French luxury giant LVMH (Dior, Vuitton etc.) announced record profits of 3 billion euros. Not far behind them are companies like PPR (Gucci, Bottega Veneta etc.) and Hermes, whose bags can fetch tens to (...) +
For the past thirty years, the streets of Surat in North Bombay have been filled by thousands of brokers buying and selling diamonds. They began with small, low-quality stones overlooked by upscale buyers in Anvers, (...) +
It’s the one place in the world where one can actually get close to a polar bear. Churchill, Canada, is the self-proclaimed “Polar Bear Capital of the World”. Each year, hundreds of polar bears invade the Hudson bay, (...) +