Office cake culture lives on in Britain despite health warning
LONDON — When Katie Mulligan baked a beetroot cake for her colleagues at a London advertising agency, she was focused on getting the recipe...
Bridgerton spin-off goes back in time to show Queen Charlotte origins
LONDON — Queen Charlotte, the brazen and meddling monarch in the hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton, gets her own spin-off series showing the popular...
Over 1,000 break world speed date record on Valentine’s Day
BRUSSELS — In dating, they say there are plenty more fish in the sea.
For 1,363 speed daters meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, the bigger...
Louis Vuitton picks Pharrell Williams to head menswear designs
PARIS — LVMH’s top label Louis Vuitton said on Tuesday it has hired Pharrell Williams to head artistic direction of its menswear designs, tapping...
Banksy’s Valentine’s day mascara mural freezer removed by council
MARGATE, England — British street artist Banksy confirmed a new mural showing a 1950s housewife with a swollen eye apparently pushing a man into...
Dining In/Out (02/16/23)
Kiwa Express opens in Ayala Malls Manila Bay,
KIWA Express opened its doors at Ayala Malls Manila Bay, introducing to mall patrons Korean dining options...
In the Philippines, animal lovers book Valentine’s dates with shelter dogs
MANILA — Philippine government worker Mary Grace Burgos, 24, had several cute dates lined up for on Valentine’s Day with one thing in common:...
Galeria Paloma tackles digital and AI-created art
GALERIA PALOMA’s maiden exhibit at Art Fair Philippines, which will run on Feb. 17 to 19, will embrace digital art, and a hot topic...
Ballet Manila dances again with classics for its 25th season
AFTER a fire destroyed it in 2019, followed by the coronavirus pandemic which kept its doors shut for a further two years, the Aliw...
German ballet choreographer smears critic with dog excrement, newspapers say
BERLIN — Arts critics are used to trashing sub-par performances with negative reviews, but they are rarely on the receiving end of an all-too-literal...
The CCP in 2023
AS the main building of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) shuts down for the first of a multi-year renovation, the CCP’s programs...
Arts&Culture (02/15/23)
PETA’s Walang Aray premieres this weekend
THE PHILIPPINE Educational Theater Association (PETA) is to full live performances in the theater with a new original Filipino...