The Golden State IV

(Continued from “The Golden State IV” on 24 December 2015) As California’s largest and most prolific county-­level AVA (American Viticultural Area), Sonoma County has under its name 16 district-level

The Return of The Tree Frogs

* Movies: Lady in the Van * Books: Once a Crooked Man by David McCallum * Music: Pawn Shop by Brothers Osborne * Wine: The Spanish Kaleidoscope * Food: Beauty in Simplcity   DOWNLOAD

Maggie Smith in her wheel house in ‘Lady in the Van’

  There are cozy, innocuous pleasures to Nicholas Hytner’s adaption of Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” but chief among them is watching two grand old talents — Maggie Smith

Actor David McCallum writes crime novel

David McCallum — yes, actor David McCallum of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and "NCIS" fame — confidently embarks on a second career in his highly entertaining debut that mixes the

Country duo Brothers Osborne shine on debut album

Brothers Osborne open their first full-length album, "Pawn Shop," with the slinky sting of John Osborne's slide guitar set against younger brother T.J. Osborne's sinewy baritone, which finds a slow-rolling

News of the World | India: Scientists ID new genus of tree frogs long thought extinct

A group of scientists, led by renowned Indian biologist Sathyabhama Das Biju, has rediscovered the “vanished” frogs and also identified them as part of a new genus — one step

The Spanish Kaleidoscope

Covering just over half a million square kilometres, Spain accounts for a lion’s share of 85% of the total area in the Iberian Peninsula. Often ranked the 3rd largest –

Food | Beauty in Simplicity

restaurants. Those of us who are looking for something in between these two categories, such as simple, western- style comfort food, usually have to frequent cafés located inside various hotel properties.

Bowie | Where is he now?

* Movies: Making a Murderer * Books: Blackout by David Rosenfelt * Music: Blackstar by David Bowie * Wine: The Cisalpine Ethos II * Food: Celebrate with sophistication   DOWNLOAD

‘Making a Murderer’ depicts justice gone awry

Making a Murderer" is the latest series to demand you not just watch, but binge. But since its Netflix debut on Dec. 18, it's become even more encompassing: a Thing, a

‘Blackout’ is latest thriller from David Rosenfelt

A cop literally loses his mind chasing a killer in "Blackout," David Rosenfelt's latest thriller. Police officer Doug Brock has been pursuing criminal mastermind Nicholas Bennett for years, but hasn't been

David Bowie’s last album fitting epitaph

On "Blackstar," he transforms himself once again, proving that at 69, he still had plenty of surprises up his musical sleeve. Recording primarily with an avant-garde jazz quartet and with

News of the World | David Bowie never stopped looking ahead

It was hardly a coincidence that David Bowie named his greatest hits collection "Changes." Bowie changed musical styles, fashion, even his name — from David Jones — in a relentless exploration

The Cisalpine Ethos II

(Continued from “The Cisalpine Ethos” on 18 December 2015) Revered since Roman times, Piemonte (or Piedmont in English) has always been one of the leading wine regions in the Apennine Peninsula,

Food | Celebrate with sophistication

Each auspicious dining experience begins from the very moment a guest enters Lai Heen. The restaurant’s five private dining rooms, named after different precious stones from ancient Chinese culture, are

Zen in madness

READ MORE * Movies: Anomalisa *Books: House of 8 orchids by James Thayer * Music: Tell me I'm pretty by Cage the Elephant * Wine: The Quintessence of Japan II * Food: Classically

Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ will break your heart

In "Anomalisa" everyone looks and sounds the same. They have the same face (Caucasian, bland, non-descript). They have the same voice (Tom Noonan's). They bore our protagonist Michael Stone (voiced

‘House of 8 Orchids’ is compelling thriller

Readers will travel to a time and place unfamiliar yet also strikingly real. The story jumps right in with the kidnapping of two American brothers in 1912. Twenty-five years later,

Kentucky psych crew gives Nuggets sounds a perfectly unsettling modern spin

On their fourth album, Kentucky band Cage the Elephant refurbish mid-Sixties retro-rock with a 21st-century studio vividness – creating something akin to watching old footage of Sandy Koufax or Bill

Travelog | Kyu Asakura: Finding serenity in a historic Tokyo house and garden

Coming from the high-rise neon madness of Tokyo's Shibuya neighborhood just one train stop away, simply walking through the neighborhood of Daikanyama may feel almost like being in a Zen

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