An unwitting victim which perishes under the slashing blows inflicted by the guilty hands of the assassins, convinced that they are the rulers of the game and unaware that they too are pawns in a much bigger and crueler game. The Medici legacy of Patrizia Debicke It is with this scene that the book of … Read more
«Janus two-faced, silent origin of the passing year… Today avoid words and thoughts of ill omen! At this moment we must pronounce positive words on a good day” (Ovid, Fasti, 65-75). In Latin culture, the beginning of the new year was entrusted to Janus, the Italian god of beginnings and transitions (iauna: door), the father … Read more
“She was a woman who never gave up, a person who fought until her last days, leaving that legacy for her family, for the territory,” said her sister Luzmilda Delgado. The Bribri indigenous leader Mariana Delgado Morales leaves her mark as a defender of the territory, of women’s rights and a recuperator of Bribri spirituality. … Read more
The legacy of the pope who decided, for the first time in six centuries, to leave his post. Joseph Ratzinger adopted the name Benedict XVI when, on April 19, 2005, he succeeded John Paul II as head of the Church. He began a journey which, unlike what had happened since 1415 – when Gregory XII … Read more
A man of paradox, a gentle and humble pope, Benedict XVI never ceased to surprise by preaching the love of God and faith as an encounter with an event and a Person who gives life. Benedict XVI died the day the Church meditated on the prologue of Saint John: “In the beginning was the Word” … Read more
mandy (2018) is a difficult film to pin down: part revenge flick and part visual art, it’s a film that has continued to defy attempts at categorization. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, it has built a cult following since its release, and started what this author has affectionately called the Cageissance, for the … Read more
For Irene Robledo Strauss, daughter of Hilda Strauss, announcer, presenter and businesswoman, her mother “was an example in every way: in generosity, respect, elegance. She left me strength as a legacy, the constancy of carrying out works, of doing work and of humanity, especially the latter, because she was a woman who always took others … Read more
In 1922, at the age of 33, Gabriela Mistral published her first collection of poems in New York desolation. It is one of his most recognized texts, the one that would boost his career, and in which he would also leave the main themes of his work planted; nature, childhood, spirituality, life and death, pain. … Read more
Requiem of Ligeti. OCNE and David Afkham. © 2022 by Rafa Martin Madrid, Friday, September 23, 2022. Symphony Hall of the National Auditorium. György Ligeti, Requiem. Richard Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie op 64. Jenny Daviet, soprano. Barbara Kozelij, mezzo-soprano. Antonio González Alonso and Alfonso Martín González, basses. Choir of the Community of Madrid (Josep … Read more
Advertising The documentary feature film “El Legacy”, which reviews the life and work of master Manolo Sanlúcar and is directed by Juanma Suárez and produced by Enrique Guzmán, both at the head of the Andalusian production company Cinnamon Factory, has been ranked among the 10 most viewed films of the Netflix streaming platform. The film, … Read more