23 April is World Book and Copyright Day

23 April is World Book and Copyright Day

In a time characterised by cultural flattening and philosophical and creative aridity, books are the best way to comprehend reality. Literature has a huge power: conventional symbols give life to surprising results, able to generate powerful revolutions similar to those in science. As Franz Kafka once said, “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us”.

Prince has died at the age of 57

Prince has died at the age of 57

Prince has died at the age of 57. According to TMZ, the first to give the news, the musician’s body was found on the morning of the 21st of April in his estate, Paisley Park, in Chanhassen in the US state of Minnesota.   I am #transformed — Prince (@prince) 15 aprile 2016   On

Goodbye to Zaha Hadid, the Dame of architecture

Goodbye to Zaha Hadid, the Dame of architecture

Both criticised and praised, the award-winning and undisputed world archistar, Zaha Hadid, died following a heart attack on 31 March in a Miami hospital, where she was being treated for bronchitis. The news has been confirmed in the evening by Zaha Hadid Architects, one of the world’s most important studios where 246 architects are employed:

Massive Attack against fracking

Massive Attack against fracking

Robert Del Naja and Euan Dickinson of the band Massive Attack composed the soundtrack to “A River”, a documentary highlighting the risks due to shale gas drilling in southern Wales.