Politics and Culture

Bringing Down Ai Weiwei?

The artist’s $1.2 million Shanghai studio’s been torn down. What larger ‘trend’ might this gov’t move indicate?

From Seeds to Dust

100 million porcelain sunflower seeds that make up artist Ai Wei Wei’s latest work have been deemed a hazard.

Gillard’s Top Ambassador

The new ‘First Man’ of Australia has a stylish past and a career in health diplomacy.

Clinton's Sax, the Mukhabarat and Reality TV

A shopping mall explosion, gay rights movement and gym-produced rock-hard abs are just a few of the Top 25 trends to hit India in the past decade, according to Resident Editor of the Times of India, Vikas Singh. In his entertaining annual round-up ar