- Home
- Sophie Grove
Sophie Grove
Articles by Sophie Grove
World
Britain’s Female Boxers Get Ready for Olympic Gold
Female pugilists have battled for equal status in their sport. Now they’re primed to be the next Olympic superstars.
5 min read
World
Aftrica’s Modern Day Witch Hunt
Accusations of sorcery still drive women from their homes in Africa.
10 min read
World
Exploring Europe by Ice Skates
Europeans explore the continent on skates.
4 min read
World
Architects Return to Guide Africa’s Building Boom
David Adjaye may be the only person on earth who has visited Rwanda for its buildings. The British architect has just returned from Kigali, the capital, where he shot pictures of mosques, churches, parks, and luxury villas.
4 min read
Entertainment
Spafaris: Body Wraps in the Bush
It’s not uncommon for Elizabeth Maleko’s clients to open their eyes mid-way through a Swedish massage and see a leap of leopards. The 26-year-old therapist is used to working in the wild.
4 min read
Entertainment
When Criminals Make a Profit from their Prison Art
The art world often nurtures its enfants terribles. After all, rule breakers sell paintings. So it’s no surprise that real felons are increasingly winning notice on the scene.
6 min read
Entertainment
Vacationers Take Holidays in Their Own Backyards
Strapped vacationers are discovering the attractions in their own backyards. Bad news for the global economy.
8 min read
World
Art Galleries Team Up with Vintners to Lure Buyers
Galleries are teaming up with wine and spirits distributors to lure young new art buyers.
6 min read
World
Saatchi Provokes With Middles Eastern Art
In London, Charles Saatchi unveils bold and biting new works by Middle Eastern artists.
5 min read
World
A Song For the Web
YouTube is using a classical-music promotion to bolster its image as an educational tool and push audio quality.
5 min read
World
Carsten Holler’s New Art Bar “Double Club”
For Carsten Höller, art can never be too much fun. The Belgian artist’s latest installation takes that ethos to new heights: Double Club is both bar and exhibit, devoted to the idea of “opposite models,” Höller says.
2 min read
World
Recordings Preserve the Voices of British Authors
A newly released series of recordings preserves the speech of British writers from Woolf to Waugh.
4 min read
World
Daniel Barenboim On the Power of Classical Music
Classical music can’t bring about world peace. But it can promote empathy and solidarity.
3 min read
Entertainment
Alastair Campbell’s Unflinching “All In The Mind”
Alastair Campbell, the formidable press chief under Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair, started his illustrious career writing erotica for the men’s magazine Forum.
2 min read
World
Harvesting Energy From Stomping Feet
Anyone who thinks running on a treadmill in the gym is a futile exercise should talk to Steve Beeby. The British scientist, a microsystems expert at the Engineering and Sciences Research Council, hates to see all those potential watts go to waste.
5 min read
World
Thandie Newton on Condoleezza Rice
British actress Thandie Newton tackles the role of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Oliver Stone’s new semifictional biopic of U.S. President George W.
2 min read
World
Damien Hirst Nets Record at Sotheby’s Auction
As the bidding started at Damien Hirst’s historic auction in London on Sept. 15 (Sotheby’s first ever of a single living artist), the specter of failing financial markets hardly discouraged collectors: Hirst’s formaldehyde-preserved animals and diamond-encrusted butterflies netted a staggering $200.7 million, breaking the house’s record for a single-artist auction (set in 1993 when a Picasso sale raised $32 million), and making Hirst seem like a better bet than the FTSE.The event broke with artistic convention, as Hirst and his manager bypassed their usual dealers, the Gagosian Gallery and New York and the White Cube in London (a gallery’s cut for a major artist can run up to 50 percent).
2 min read
World
British Tourists Come Under Fire in Greece, Spain
A typical evening on the Greek isle of Zakynthos—one of Europe’s hot spots for British tourists—is a modern-day bacchanal: drunken fights are common, as is the sight of revelers dashing naked from bar to bar.
2 min read
World
Comedians Take Over Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Fringe has long been known as the wackier little sib of the esteemed Edinburgh Summer Festivals. But has the Fringe become too funny? This year comedy acts make up a record 32 percent of the program—overtaking theater events for the first time ever.
1 min read
World
David Blunkett’s “Banged Up” Battles Youth Crime
Banged Up,” a new U.K. reality show starring David Blunkett (the former British Home secretary who clamped down on youth crime), follows 10 unruly teens whose parents have volunteered them to be locked away.
2 min read
World
West End Musicals Crowding Out Straight Drama
Unprecedented numbers of showgoers are flocking to London’s West End theater district, thanks to hit musicals starring celebrities like Ashlee Simpson and Ewan McGregor.
2 min read
Load More