IT is just on a third of a century ago that Sir Aurel Stein began his exploration of ‘innermost Asia’. By 1916 he had covered, on horse and foot, a distance in the aggregate of 25,000 miles in ...

On some of the murals inside the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province, is the iconic image of flying apsaras, celestial beings draped in diaphanous attire and billowing ribbons. The elegance ...

Su Ruixuan teaches Dunhuang dance at Northwest Normal University's Dunhuang College and now serves as director of the college's dance art department. CHINA DAILY Gao and Shi have visited the ...

Extracts from notebooks belonging to Sir Ken Dodd are to be broadcast for the first time in a new documentary about one of Britain's greatest comics. Ken Dodd: A Legacy of Happiness gives ...

Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill — his first as governor — containing at least $524 million in relief aid late Wednesday, hours after lawmakers unanimously approved the funding.

Sir Keir Starmer has not confirmed whether he will continue the freeze on income tax thresholds before the upcoming Spring Statement, despite pressure from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during ...

At the British Library at roughly the same time there was “A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang”—items from a cluster ... of them by the British-Hungarian archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein between ...

Famed pianist and conductor Sir András Schiff has canceled all of his U.S. appearances in 2025-26. Per The Violin Channel, Schiff decided as a result of the political turmoil taking place in the “land ...

Lady Sarra Hoy, wife of Sir Chris Hoy, has given a heartfelt account of their personal struggles in her first solo television interview. Last year, the 48 year old cycling legend and six-time ...

Lady Sarra Hoy has shared her experiences juggling her own health challenges alongside those faced by her husband, Sir Chris Hoy. Speaking on ITV's Lorraine (via The Mirror) in her first solo ...

Sir Chris Hoy's wife, Lady Sarra Hoy, has opened up about the Olympian's resilience as he battles cancer amid her 'secret' multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis. In an emotional first solo interview ...

We’re at the point in new Democratic Gov. Josh Stein’s tenure that soon he won’t be “new” anymore. In April, he’ll hit the benchmark of his first 100 days, and in the coming days he ...