Guitar hero: Coriolanus goes rock

China’s most controversial director is bringing Shakespeare’s Coriolanus to Edinburgh – with two heavy-metal bands in tow. Andrew Dickson went to Beijing to hear the Bard turned up to 11

100 world premieres to admire at the 36th Cannes Boat Show – Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes

  More than 100 new boats are on their way to this year’s Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes – Cannes Boat Show. The ultimate yachting rendez-vous (Tuesday 10th – Sunday 15th September 2013) is Europe’s leading in-water boat show and the first international show on the boat show calendar. Festival de la Plaisance de … Read more

The Masai Mara: ‘It will not be long before it’s gone’

As lodges and shanty towns proliferate in Kenya’s Masai Mara, drastic and urgent steps are needed to save this beautiful game reserve from becoming an environmental disaster

Magna Carta and King’s Writ united for the first time in the U.S.

Document that helped shape the U.S. constitution to go on exhibit for first time in the U.S.  An original edition of the “Magna Carta,” and the only known example of the King’s Writ, a letter from King John to the Sheriff of Gloucester dated June 20, 1215 A.D. announcing the signing of the Magna Carta, … Read more

Digital marketing maturity: the race is on

Social media offer companies new ways of interacting with their customers, but few have got to grips with it. Tim Anderson reports as experts debate the future of digital marketing and how firms can maximise its use

Condé Nast’s style bible is still in Vogue as upmarket publisher sits pretty

Digital growth may be embryonic, but its luxury publications continue to show resilience to magazine downturn