The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2007. When the voting got underway, I was in Africa. People from all over the globe were invited to vote on ...

Nobody knows Europe quite like Rick Steves, and what better way to explore the continent than on one of the travel guru's ...

We just got back from a fantastic 3-week trip to the French and Italian coasts, Rome, and Venice. It was an amazing way to ...

I write this from my hotel room, a two-minute walk from the Colosseum.

Crowds may have declined in the past two years but for those with runners at jumps racing's most prestigious meeting the atmosphere at the Cheltenham Festival is like being in "the Colosseum ...

“It is the equivalent of the Colosseum without the blood.” Irish trainer Henry de Bromhead achieved the remarkable treble of sweeping the three most prestigious races, the Gold Cup, Champion ...

And of all the European leaders who are currently licking their wounds about Trump’s rhetorical attacks, it is Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni who has — in the words of Janis Joplin — taken ...

Kelly Clarkson is returning to Las Vegas with a new residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. The new residency follows Clarkson’s sold-out exclusive Las Vegas engagement at PH Live at Planet ...

This week's column is highlighted by the victory of the No Nay Never filly Bunratty Manor. The first foal out of Sapphire Ring (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), the filly changed hands for €185,000 as a ...

Making our way through security each week is a slog, but teaching incarcerated people has been an incredible career experience.

March 8, 2025 • Thailand's recent deportations of Uyghurs to China have eerie parallels with a large deportation in 2015, in which the country bowed to Beijing, writes historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom.