Curbed2h
Norman Foster Wouldn’t Let the Obamas Rent His Summer House
Obama in 2009 taking a weeklong vacation at the home that Norman Foster bought two years later. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/ ...
The Forward4h
For Finland’s tiny Jewish community, a complicated history of fighting for the czar and the Nazis
Finland's community of approximately 1,500 Jews dates back to the 19th century when they arrived here to serve in the Russian ...
The Economist5h
The warlord, the oligarch and the unravelling of Russia’s Amazon.com
Over the next two decades it became Russia’s equivalent of Amazon. Customers from Siberia to the Crimean Peninsula (which was ...
Sadness as village pub shuts after 460 years
A historic West Yorkshire pub has closed its doors after trading for 460 years. The Windmill Inn, in the village of Linton ...