‘Occupied City’ review: Steve McQueen’s brilliant documentary
One of the many stories we hear in “Occupied City,” Steve McQueen’s quietly staggering new documentary, charts the fate of an Amsterdam arts establishment during…
Alexis Smith dead: Artist turned found images into collages
Alexis Smith, the clever, much-exhibited Southern California conceptual artist who winningly combined found images and smart phrases since the 1970s, died Tuesday morning at home…
Judges let new California ban on guns in many public places take effect amid legal fight
A new California law barring licensed gun holders from carrying their firearms into an array of public places took effect Monday despite an ongoing legal…
Andrew Haigh dug deep to tell his story and become vulnerable
Most of us want to connect and be understood. Most of us want to feel less alone in the world. It’s why we read books…
A Place in the Sun’s Jonnie Irwin shares touching New Year’s update amid gruelling cancer battle
ESCAPE to the Country star Jonnie Irwin left fans gushing after sharing a wholesome photo with his son amid his devastating cancer battle. Jonnie, 50,…
A library of the ‘future’: Can it make the world a better place? | Features
Oslo, Norway — Every May, literature lovers from all over the world walk 40 minutes through the hilly Nordmarka Forest outside of Norway’s capital Oslo…
Flooding in Coffs Harbour on New Year’s Eve with severe weather warnings still in place for northern NSW
It has been a wet end to the year on the NSW Coffs Coast, with floodwater inundating car parks and apartment buildings, and a New…
Netanyahu appears increasingly caught between a rock and a hard place
Controversy over the release of Palestinian tax receipts tests the United States’ ability to pressure Israel and suggests that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s ultra-religious, ultra-conservative…
The great fish taco that’s leaving L.A. … but may return
The last fish fry, plus what we ate in 2023 and what’s ahead for 2024. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with…
William J. Barber Jr. removed from AMC over disability chair
North Carolina civil rights leader Rev. William J. Barber II held a news conference Friday promoting disability awareness after he was kicked out of a…
Can tourists visit Maui without compounding wildfire trauma?
LAHAINA, Hawaii — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii’s historic town of Lahaina this summer. Two months…
Best international dishes 2023 roundup
At first glance, it looks like dessert. But this flower-dotted tart with pink and intense yellow ribbons arranged like one of Richard Serra’s curvier sculptures…