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Getting an Education in Europe in 2023

For many young people getting a higher education in Europe is a dream come true. And all because a European diploma is prestigious and opens up great prospects for future life. All educational institutions in Europe have their own history…

Gayle Kabaker’s “Summer Walk”

A few years ago, in the commercial afterglow of a wave of successful books on hygge, defined as the “quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality,” English-language publishers released several books touting the benefits of the Japanese art of shinrin-yoku—or forest…

Fifty Years of “Learning from Las Vegas”

On the morning of January 10, 1969, thirteen graduate students gathered inside Yale’s Art and Architecture Building to give their final presentations in a studio led by the married architects Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi. The students had spent…

Fashion Photography with a Pistol and a Pulse

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “This book I offer you is the book of desire, my dream of leaving my mark on you, in you,” Steven Klein writes in a note at the beginning of his…

Farewell, Kendall Roy

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What’s in a middle name? Pretty much the whole megillah, for the media scion known as Kendall Logan Roy. That middle name is more than just his father’s branding—it’s the gravitational…

Famous ski resorts in the French Alps

The French Alps are popular for their ski slopes, chalets and warm welcome. We want to tell you about the best resorts in France (Courchevel, Val Thorens and Les Arcs), in winter it is customary not only to relax, but…