The 2025 Nobel Prize laureates will receive their awards on December 10. The 2025 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to American biologists Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell and Japanese biologist Shimon Sakaguchi by the Karolinska Institutet on October 6, 2025. They won for their

How Many Moons Does Earth Have?: The newly discovered 2025 PN7 is not Earth’s only quasi-moon. Six others are known. The quasi-satellites are part of a group of asteroids called the Arjunas, which basically have the same orbit around the Sun that Earth does. More than a hundred Arjunas are known, and sometimes these…

Project 2025 is a wide-ranging set of conservative to ultraconservative recommendations regarding U.S. government structure and policy, as well as a plan of action to facilitate their implementation. Designed and promoted by the Heritage Foundation, a prominent right-wing think tank, the Project

Since early September 2025 the United States military, under Pres. Donald Trump, has conducted a series of lethal strikes on small civilian boats operating in or near Venezuelan waters. As of the end of November, at least 26 such operations have been reported, resulting in at least 95 deaths. The

Pres. Donald Trump surged back to the presidency in 2025 in part by pledging an unprecedented crackdown on unauthorized immigration. His administration moved quickly to fulfill this promise, empowering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to

In 2025 numerous countries—such as the United States, Canada, and Germany—installed new national leaders, and some transitions were contentious. Several African countries experienced coups, and Gen Z-led protests resulted in the ouster of Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Armed conflicts

2026 Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, sudden, escalating spread of Ebola virus disease centered in the Ituri province in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that was first detected in April 2026 and was caused by Bundibugyo virus, a rare strain of Ebola virus. The outbreak was

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) adjusts federal tax thresholds for inflation so the increase in prices alone won’t nudge you into a higher bracket. If your income grows roughly in line with overall costs, your tax rate should stay about the same. For 2026, the bracket cutoffs and

2026 FIFA World Cup, international men’s football (soccer) tournament organized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; world governing body of association football) which will take place in North America, with matches in 16 cities across the United States, Mexico, and

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, the 23rd edition of the international football (soccer) competition, will feature 48 teams playing 104 matches from June 11 to July 19. The teams are split into 12 groups of 4, with 32 teams advancing to the knockout stage instead of 16, as in previous tournaments. In 2017

2026 Iran war, conflict centered on Iran that was initiated by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026, and has upended the dynamics of the Middle East. The opening salvo took out the heart of the Iranian regime, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and triggered a torrent of hundreds of

On December 28, 2025, protests erupted in Tehran, Iran’s capital city. The protests quickly spread across the country and evolved into the most serious challenge to the Islamic Republic since the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in 2022–23 and, previously, the 2009 Iranian presidential election

Israelis go to the polls in 2026 for one of Israel’s most contentious elections in recent history. Set to be held in October, the elections for the Knesset (Israeli parliament) are the first to take place since the October 7 attack and the resulting Israel-Hamas War, Israel-Hezbollah war, and the

The Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games were held in northern Italy from February 6 to 22, 2026. The international athletic competition featured 116 events across 16 winter sports and drew some 2,900 athletes from 90 countries. Which competitors should be on your radar? Read on for our list of

Anti-incumbency was a decisive factor in the legislative assembly elections in India with three of four states set for a change in government. In a high-stakes contest in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored a massive upset, ending the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’s

The 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is the 10th edition of a biennial men’s Twenty20 international cricket competition organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held from February 7 to March 8, 2026, with India and Sri Lanka as cohosts. India beat New Zealand in the final to win its

The 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, cohosted by India and Sri Lanka, is in full swing and has already delivered the excitement and drama that makes Twenty20 (T20) cricket the most popular format of the game. Memorable moments include the nail-biting clash between South Africa and Afghanistan, which

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has granted more than 100 countries Twenty20 (T20) international playing status. The increase in teams in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup from 12 in 2007 to 20 in 2024 and 2026 reflects the popularity of the shorter T20 format. In the 2026 edition each

When thinking about the potential outcomes and implications of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, consider this: Incumbent presidents pretty much hate the midterms. If you’re wondering why, just ask Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In 1994 and 2010, respectively, each president saw the Democratic Party

Wong Kar-Wai: In Wong’s next film, 2046 (2004), a sequel to In the Mood for Love, Chow tries to forget his love for Su by engaging in a string of short affairs. The title refers to both the science-fiction novel Chow is writing (some of which is depicted in the movie)…

Chiron, icy small body orbiting the Sun in the outer solar system among the giant planets. Once thought to be the most distant known asteroid, Chiron is now believed to have the composition of a comet nucleus—i.e., a mixture of water ice, other frozen gases, organic material, and silicate dust.

Arthur C. Clarke: …Two (1982, filmed 1984) and 2061: Odyssey Three (1988).

October 3, 2015, marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most controversial jury decisions in American legal history. Former pro-football (gridiron) player O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. The trial received

On April 19, 1995, 168 people were killed and more than 500 were injured when a bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It was the deadliest terrorist incident on U.S. soil prior to the September 11, 2001, attacks. spotlight, oklahoma city bombing, timothy

20th Century Studios, major American film studio formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation. Since 2019 it has been a subsidiary of the Disney Company. Headquarters are in Los Angeles. William Fox was a New York City exhibitor who began distributing

20th Century Studios, major American film studio formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation. Since 2019 it has been a subsidiary of the Disney Company. Headquarters are in Los Angeles. William Fox was a New York City exhibitor who began distributing

Annette Bening: Career: … (2014), Danny Collins (2015), and 20th Century Women (2016). She also appeared in Rules Don’t Apply (2016), written and directed by Beatty, and played an aging Gloria Grahame in Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017). In 2018 she starred in a film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s play The Seagull.…

20th Century Studios, major American film studio formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and the Fox Film Corporation. Since 2019 it has been a subsidiary of the Disney Company. Headquarters are in Los Angeles. William Fox was a New York City exhibitor who began distributing

20th-century Norwegian literature, the body of written works produced in the Bokmål and Nynorsk forms of the Norwegian language between about 1900 and the turn of the 21st century. For an overview of Norwegian literature from the 16th century to the present, see Norwegian literature. During the

Adele: The result, 21 (2011), was a bolder and more stylistically diverse set of material, with singles ranging from the earthy gospel- and disco-inflected “Rolling in the Deep” to the affecting breakup ballad “Someone like You.” Both songs hit number one in multiple countries, and, despite a vocal-cord…

Chadwick Boseman: …starring in the police thriller 21 Bridges (2019). In 2020 he portrayed a revered fallen squad leader in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, centring on the Vietnam War.

Alejandro González Iñárritu: For their next feature film, 21 Grams (2003), González Iñárritu and Arriaga ventured into English-language cinema. As with Amores perros, the film told the story of seemingly isolated individuals whose lives are subtly intertwined. The two men next collaborated on Babel (2006), featuring an international cast headlined by Brad Pitt…

Jonah Hill: …in the 1980s parody film 21 Jump Street (2012), which also starred Channing Tatum, and in the sequel, 22 Jump Street (2014). During this time he also appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012). In 2013 Hill played an exaggerated version of himself in the horror comedy This Is the…

Josh Brolin: Acting career: The Goonies and The Young Riders: …for the starring role on 21 Jump Street but lost the part to Johnny Depp. Brolin later landed a prominent role in the 1950s crime drama Private Eye (1987–88), but the show was canceled after one season. He next played Wild Bill Hickok in The Young Riders (1989–92), about a…

The Musée d’Orsay is located in a former railway station and hotel, the Gare d’Orsay, in Paris. Its collection is focused primarily on French art from the second half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th. It is among Paris’s most popular museums, and these 21 paintings are just a

A tomb, according to Britannica’s entry, is “a home or house for the dead.” Here are 21 tombs (or sites of many individual tombs) from around the world that show the varied ways that different cultures at different times have housed and honored their dead. Earlier versions of the descriptions of

21-centimetre radiation, electromagnetic radiation of radio wavelength emitted by cold, neutral, interstellar hydrogen atoms. The hydrogen atom is composed of a positively charged particle, the proton, and a negatively charged particle, the electron. These particles have some intrinsic angular

congenital adrenal hyperplasia: Types and clinical manifestation: …adrenal hyperplasia is deficiency of 21-hydroxylase, an enzyme that catalyzes the next-to-last step in the synthesis of cortisol. In infants with partial 21-hydroxylase deficiency, the production of cortisol is near normal, but there is excess production of adrenal androgens. Excess androgen produced to overcome this deficiency during fetal life results…

Rush: Formation and early albums: With its fourth album, 2112 (1976), however, the band finally reached a mainstream audience. A dystopian concept album that leaned heavily into progressive rock, 2112 established Rush as an up-and-coming hard rock act and earned the band a devoted group of fans. By the late 1970s Rush had developed…

Pappy Boyington: …organized Squadron 214, called the Black Sheep Squadron, one of the most renowned fighting units of the war, operating mostly in the Solomon Islands. On his last mission, on January 3, 1944, he shot down three Japanese aircraft but was himself shot down in Rabaul harbour, New Britain, and was…

Green Day: …for best rock album for 21st Century Breakdown (2009), another ambitious song cycle. It was followed in 2012 by a trilogy—the separately released ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!—that found the band returning to the high-energy immediacy of its punk roots while also drawing inspiration from its classic-rock forebears. Green Day’s next…

Disney Company: Continuing expansion: ABC, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm: …most of the holdings of 21st Century Fox, including the film studio 20th Century Fox. The deal closed in 2019 and was valued at about $71 billion; it also made Disney a majority owner of streaming service Hulu. In 2019 Disney also entered the crowded streaming market under its own…

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa: Another major commission was the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa (2004), a circular building with a glass facade. It was heralded for its panoramic views of the surrounding city and for its unconventional nonlinear floor plan, which encouraged visitors to create their own random paths through the…

Diane di Prima: …of a Song (1990), and 22 Death Poems (1996). She also wrote Dinners and Nightmares (1961; rev. ed., 1974), a book of short stories; a number of plays (collected in Zipcode [1992]); and several autobiographical works, including Memoirs of a Beatnik (1969) and Recollections of My Life as a Woman:…

Council of Five Hundred: In the Coup of 22 Floréal, the Directory successfully pressured leaders in the legislative body to expel 127 of the newly elected delegates. Following more Jacobin victories in the election of 1799, however, the members of the Council of Five Hundred refused to submit to a purge…

Jonah Hill: …Tatum, and in the sequel, 22 Jump Street (2014). During this time he also appeared in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012). In 2013 Hill played an exaggerated version of himself in the horror comedy This Is the End, about the apocalypse, and portrayed the drug-addicted sidekick of the title character…

Hamburg is Germany’s largest port, and it is one of that country’s leading commercial centers. It also boasts a vibrant group of museums headlined by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, where these 22 paintings can be found. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001

France: The Jacobin dictatorship: …the Convention passed the infamous law of 22 Prairial, year II (June 10, 1794), to streamline revolutionary justice, denying the accused any effective right to self-defense and eliminating all sentences other than acquittal or death. Indictments by the public prosecutor, now virtually tantamount to a death sentence, multiplied rapidly.

Humans, arguably, have been measuring time ever since they began tracking the rising and setting of the Sun. That means horology—the study of time’s measurement—has a very long history. This list is a brief horological primer. Earlier versions of these questions and answers first appeared in the

Oslo and Utøya attacks of 2011, terrorist attacks on Oslo and mass shooting on the island of Utøya in Norway on July 22, 2011, in which 77 people were killed—the deadliest incident on Norwegian soil since World War II. At 3:26 pm an explosion rocked downtown Oslo, shattering windows and damaging

The Taj Mahal may be India’s most iconic monument, but it’s just one of many of the country’s significant buildings. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in

Eavan Boland: …unpolished poetry in the pamphlet 23 Poems (1962), she wrote New Territory (1967), a full-length book of 22 poems about Irish mythology, the creativity of artists, and her self-identity.

Anne Wojcicki: …of the personal genetics company 23andMe.

Michael Jordan: Endorsements and business ventures: … formed a NASCAR Cup team, 23XI Racing. In 2024 23XI Racing and another team filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR. After an eight-day trial in December 2025, the parties agreed to a settlement. In 2026 23XI Racing won its first Daytona 500 when driver Tyler Reddick took first place.

24, American prime-time television action-suspense series that aired on the Fox Network in 2001–10 and 2014. It was syndicated globally. The show was one of Fox’s most successful programs in the 21st century, garnering dozens of Emmy Award nominations and winning the award for outstanding drama

Girish Karnad: Acting and directing: …Life Goes On (2009), and 24 (2016), among others.

Johannes von Müller: ; The History of the World), is indebted to the historical outlook of the Enlightenment but points forward to Leopold von Ranke in its religious conception. In Fürstenbund (1787; “League of Princes”) and Reisen der Päpste (1782; “Travels of the Popes”), which are political journalism, Müller…

Niccolò Paganini: …1807 he wrote the 24 Capricci for unaccompanied violin, displaying the novel features of his technique, and the two sets of six sonatas for violin and guitar. He reappeared in Italy as a violinist in 1805 and was appointed director of music at Piombino by Napoleon’s sister, Élisa Bonaparte Baciocchi.…

Joy Division/New Order: Legacy: Notably, 24 Hour Party People (2002) is a comedy-drama about the development of the Manchester sound, and Control (2007) is a Curtis biopic based on his widow’s 1995 memoir, Touching from a Distance.

24 Hours of Le Mans, probably the world’s best-known automobile race, run annually (with few exceptions) since 1923 at the Sarthe road-racing circuit, near Le Mans, France. Since 1928 the winner has been the car that travels the greatest distance in a 24-hour time period. The racing circuit is

bullet ant, (Paraponera clavata), large predatory neotropical ant known for its extremely painful sting. The bullet ant is found in the humid lowland rainforests of Central and South America, ranging from El Salvador and Honduras to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. The bullet ant’s sting is said to feel

24-hour clock, time convention that begins the day at 00:00 and ends at 23:59, although 24:00 can be used to refer to 00:00 of the following day. The 24-hour clock is the international standard format for time (ISO 8601) and is currently the most widespread time notation worldwide. Professionals in

aerospace engineering: Aeronautical engineering: …accepted until 1933, when the Boeing 247-D entered service. The twin-engine design of the latter established the foundation of modern air transport.

Bruno Mars: Silk Sonic, 24K Magic, The Romantic, and other releases: …of his third studio album, 24K Magic (2016), which drew inspiration from 1990s R&B music. A commercial hit, it also won numerous Grammy Awards, most notably for best album, record, and song (“That’s What I Like”). Mars later joined with Anderson .Paak to form Silk Sonic, and in 2021 they…

Adele: …in 2015 with the album 25. Although some critics felt it did not take enough risks, Adele’s voice was no less powerful, and her ability to sell records remained undiminished. The yearning single “Hello” became a hit in numerous countries, and more than 20 million copies of the album were…

Lisbon: City site: …of the city, by the 25th of April Bridge. Just east of the bridge, the Tagus suddenly broadens into a bay 7 miles (11 km) wide called the Mar de Palha (“Sea of Straw”) because of the way that it shimmers in the sun. The widest part of the Tagus…

Florence is often called the birthplace of the Renaissance, which reached its peak in the 15th century. This Italian city has innumerable artistic treasures, these 25 paintings among them. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before

China’s recorded history stretches back more than 4,000 years. These 25 buildings merely scratch the surface of the country’s rich architectural heritage. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die, edited by Mark Irving

Dag Solstad: In 25 September Plassen (1974; “September 25th Square”) he showed the growing political awareness on the part of factory workers in the period following World War II. Svik. Førkrigsår (1977; “Betrayal: Prewar Years”) and Krig. 1940 (1978; “War: 1940”) were the first two in a series…

In the early morning of January 17, 1991, warplanes, attack helicopters, and missiles belonging to an international coalition led by the United States struck a variety of military and government targets in Iraq, commencing a campaign—code-named Operation Desert Storm—that sought to force Iraq to

A eulogy of the Soviet Union would read that the 74-year-old superpower succumbed to a prolonged illness on December 31, 1991. During its final months, increasingly desperate measures were used in an attempt to stave off the demise of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but these served only

Spike Lee: Mid-career: Malcolm X, 25th Hour, and Inside Man: …paean to the sport, and 25th Hour (2002), which focuses on the last day of freedom for a convicted drug dealer (played by Edward Norton). Inside Man (2006), starring Denzel Washington and Jodie Foster, centers on the negotiations between the police and the bank robbers engaged in a hostage situation,…

Lisbon: City site: …of the city, by the 25th of April Bridge. Just east of the bridge, the Tagus suddenly broadens into a bay 7 miles (11 km) wide called the Mar de Palha (“Sea of Straw”) because of the way that it shimmers in the sun. The widest part of the Tagus…

Dividing history into decades is an arbitrary but sometimes very useful way of trying to understand the arcs and significance of events. Trying to identify any single event as crucial to the understanding of a given decade may be even more arbitrary. It is certainly subjective. Nevertheless, that

Paris is known today as the City of Lights. Thousands of years ago it was called Midwater-Dwelling—which is how its Latin name, Lutetia, can be translated. This list covers just a few of the most notable structures built in Paris over all of these years. The descriptions of these buildings appear

The 26 Martyrs of Japan are a group of Roman Catholic martyrs who were executed in Nagasaki on February 5, 1597, under the orders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the chief imperial minister of Japan. Their deaths marked the beginning of centuries of severe persecution against Christians in the country.

2600: The Hacker Quarterly, American magazine, founded in 1984 and sometimes called “the hacker’s bible,” that has served as both a technical journal, focusing on technological exploration and know-how, and a muckraking magazine, exposing government and corporate misdeeds. 2600: The Hacker

Roberto Bolaño: …publication of his magnum opus, 2666 (2004). That massive novel is divided into five loosely connected sections, which Bolaño considered publishing separately. The book’s most-acclaimed section, the fourth, details a series of gruesome murders of young women (loosely based on actual murders that took place in Juárez, Mexico, at the…

26th of July Movement, revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro that overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba (1959). Its name commemorates an attack on the Santiago de Cuba army barracks on July 26, 1953. The movement began formally in 1955 when Castro went to Mexico to form a

In 1994 Kurt Cobain, front man of the grunge band Nirvana, died by suicide at age 27. After his death Cobain’s grieving mother told the Associated Press, “Now he’s gone and joined that stupid club.” The “club” she was referring to is the 27 Club, so called because of the tragic roster of musicians

Katherine Heigl: …subsequent movies included the lighthearted 27 Dresses (2008), in which she starred as a serial bridesmaid looking for Mr. Right, The Ugly Truth (2009), and Life As We Know It (2010), about a mismatched couple entrusted with raising an orphaned infant. She also appeared in the action comedies Killers (2010),…

Persian Egypt, the 27th dynasty (525–404 bce) of ancient Egypt, established after Egypt was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire and the latter empire’s ruler, Cambyses II, had himself crowned as pharaoh. The policy of the Achaemenid kings seems to have been conciliatory to national beliefs

Sandra Bullock: Commercial success: In 2000 her performance in 28 Days was praised, as she balanced humor with vulnerability to portray a writer and party girl who is sent to rehabilitation. Later that year Bullock had a box office hit with Miss Congeniality, a comedy in which she played an FBI agent who goes…

Danny Boyle: 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire: …with the postapocalyptic zombie film 28 Days Later, which helped launch Cillian Murphy as a leading man. Boyle continued to show his versatility with Millions (2004), a heartwarming story about a motherless boy who finds the proceeds of a bank robbery.

California has been a hotbed of architectural changes and innovation. From the wacky to the sublime, this list shows the wide range of architectural experimentation and aesthetics in the Golden State. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must

Rose Byrne: Early roles in Australia and Hollywood breakthrough: Star Wars and Troy: …and the zombie horror film 28 Weeks Later (2007).

Alex Garland: Civil War, Warfare, and 28 Years Later: ” Warfare was followed by 28 Years Later, the long-awaited sequel to 28 Days Later, for which Garland again reunited with Boyle, their first collaboration in nearly two decades.

Nia DaCosta: Candyman, The Marvels, and other projects: In 2026 she directed 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the fourth entry in the British zombie horror movie franchise that began with a Danny Boyle-directed feature in 2002. She is also set to direct an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2019 novel The Water Dancer.

The Louvre in Paris has a collection that reaches from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. The museum’s history can be traced as far back as the 12th century, when a fortress was built on the site of the present-day museum; in 1546 King Francis I knocked much of that down and began

Dada: …and Paris; his Dada periodical, 291, was published in New York, Zürich, Paris, and Barcelona from 1917 through 1924.

Alfred Stieglitz: The Photo-Secession: …protégé Steichen, Stieglitz opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, a name soon shortened to 291, the gallery’s address on lower Fifth Avenue in New York City. During the gallery’s first four years it most often functioned as an exhibition space for the Photo-Secession photographers. By the 1909 season, however,…

Lily Allen: Acting career: …her stage acting debut in 2:22: A Ghost Story at the Noël Coward Theatre in London’s West End. Allen played a mother who is convinced her family’s new house is haunted. Her performance won her a WhatsOnStage Award. Allen also appeared in the television series Dreamland (2023) and acted in…

tank: Interwar developments: …the French built 10 68-ton 2C tanks with the first turret-mounted 75-mm guns and continued to develop 75-mm-gun tanks, notably the 30-ton Char B of 1936.

mobile telephone: Development of cellular systems: …are known as the “second generation” (2G). Since the introduction of 2G cell phones, various enhancements have been made in order to provide data services and applications such as Internet browsing, two-way text messaging, still-image transmission, and mobile access by personal computers. One of the most successful applications of…

interstellar object: Comets Borisov and ATLAS: The second interstellar object, Comet Borisov (also called 2I Borisov), was discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov on August 30, 2019. Observations revealed a cometary coma and tail as well as an orbit showing an origin from outside the solar system. In many of its properties the comet…

Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS), astronomical survey conducted from 1997 to 2001 of the entire sky at near-infrared wavelengths. Two automated 1.3-metre (4.3-foot) telescopes were used. One was at Mount Hopkins, Arizona; the other was at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. The

George Nugent Temple Grenville, 1st marquess of Buckingham was George Grenville’s second son, created (1784) the marquess of Buckingham (the town). He made his mark as lord lieutenant of Ireland. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, Temple was member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire from

Francisco Goya: The Napoleonic invasion and period after the restoration: The 2nd of May 1808 in Madrid, or “The Fight of the Mamelukes” and The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or “The Executions” were painted to commemorate the popular insurrection in Madrid. Like The Disasters, they are compositions of dramatic realism, and their monumental…

Tupac Shakur was an influential American rapper and actor who was one of the leading names in 1990s gangsta rap. With his raw talent and thoughtful lyrics, he frequently addressed social issues in his songs and became an enduring symbol of artistic expression in hip-hop culture. Lesane Crooks was

Tupac Shakur: 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., and first film roles: 2Pacalypse Now was a radical break from the dance party sound of Digital Underground, and its tone and content were much closer to the works of Public Enemy and West Coast gangsta rappers N.W.A. The lack of a clear single on the album limited its…