About 800 people attended Derek Blasberg’s conversation with Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon at Washington University’s Graham Chapel in St. Louis. The Nov. 18 event was the Saint Louis Fashion Fund’s annual “Speaking of Fashion” speaker series, hosted in collaboration with Washington University and Caleres, the global footwear company. Gordon said that as a … Read more
Dogs were the first species that humans domesticated and have been an integral part of human life for thousands of years. Domesticated species are plants and animals that have evolved to live alongside humans and provide almost all of our food as well as numerous other benefits. Dogs provide protection, hunting assistance, companionship, transportation, and … Read more
Fifa has announced the creation of a partnership with a Saudi Arabian government agency, pledging up to $1 billion (£762 million) to fund the development of football infrastructure around the world. The game’s global governing body said on Monday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi Fund for Development that would see … Read more
If your dog is difficult to train or scares easily, it may not be your fault, a study finds. Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found that the blame could lie in genes instead. A total of 18 genes have been found in the DNA of golden retrievers that are linked to certain behavioral … Read more
My friend Barbara Cavanagh, who has died aged 86, was an antiquarian theatrical bookseller who dealt in manuscripts, ballet ephemera and opera materials. Self-taught, immersed in the arts, pre-cinema optics and 19th-century theater, she researched, classified and cataloged many collections, from costume designs by Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev to a 25,000-strong archive of theater … Read more