Arts & Entertainment

LONDON ~ Irish poet Seamus Heaney was awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for Literature this week for a lifetime... Read More →

WHITE RIOT: A Joe Donovan Thriller By Martyn Waites Pegasus, $25.95, 480 pp. Reviewed by Tim Rutten It’s always been... Read More →

HOUSE OF CARDS: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street By William D. Cohan Doubleday, US$27.95, 468... Read More →

LONDON ~ A portrait of William Shakespeare believed to be the only surviving picture of the British playwright painted during... Read More →

LONDON ~ Irish rock megastars U2 have announced the dates of a tour of Europe, the United States and Canada,... Read More →

LOS ANGELES ~ The big screen rendering of the superhero graphic novel Watchmen stormed to the top of the weekend’s... Read More →

By William J. Furney The Bali Times There was soothing piano music, chilly air-conditioning and garlands of flowers, albeit plastic.... Read More →

By William J. Furney The Bali Times After several hours’ less sleep than usual, I woke early on Sunday morning... Read More →

SINGAPORE ~ Singapore’s zoo has cancelled a popular show for tourists after 10 of its Malaysian workers were arrested on... Read More →

KUALA LUMPUR ~ Malaysia’s senior opposition leader said a decision to hold three separate votes on one day showed the... Read More →