FIDE responded to scandal in India

President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Arkady Dvorkovich sent a letter to 11 participants of the Women’s Grand Prix in India, apologizing for the mistakes made by the local organizers. Zhansaya Abdumalik from Kazakhstan, who withdrew from the tournament, is not among the addressees of the letter, Tengri Sport reports with reference to the … Read more

Outdoor cinema at the Estancia de Jesús María

What is it? Within the framework of the exhibition “Provincial Rock 80′, the interior effervescence”, we programmed an open-air cinema cycle, in the Parque de la Estancia, with 4 allusive films. When? Wednesday 22: a winged man Thursday 23: a girl band Friday 24: I, Sandro Saturday 25th: Stud Free Pub Performances will be at … Read more

Literature and journalism talks in Ámbito Cultural

The missing Hotel Florida de Madrid occupies an already legendary place in the imaginary of the Spanish civil war. Almost all the foreign correspondents who worked in the capital during the war stayed there. Writers like John Dos Passos, Ernest Hemingway and what would become his third wife, Martha Gellhorn. It was also the lodging … Read more

Corona in China: Happy Rabbit or Blue Angel of Death? – Policy

Commemorating important events with postage stamps is common practice in most countries. In Germany, for example, the Federal Ministry of Finance recently issued a special Christmas stamp. Unspectacular, there’s an Early Renaissance angel on it, with a quote from the Bible: “I bring you great joy.” China Post also releases several new series every year … Read more

‘Cartas Vivas’ is growing, the project that recovers the voice of twentieth-century writers

“This is the time of hype and bombs. Of automatism versus intelligence, of standardization versus differentiation, of advertising values, of serial thinking, of quantity versus quality. And half of humanity continues to devote itself to the exploitation of the other half. Everything is dehumanized. We live surrounded by countless madmen set up as heroes.” Anyone … Read more