Gorbachev’s brief but tumultuous tenure as leader of the Soviet Union brought about immense shifts in the course of world history. He is credited with introducing reforms...
Mikhail Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the eighth and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country’s dissolution...
Keynes started his education at the age of five and a half. He attended Eton College and then Cambridge University where he studied mathematics and economics. He...
John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, journalist, and financier best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment. He was born...
Some of the most famous fashion designers of all time include Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Karl Lagerfeld, Donatella Versace, Valentino, Pierre Cardin,...
The Image of Dorian Grey is a novel by Oscar Wilde that tells the story of Dorian Grey, a stupendous younger man who has his portrait...
Oscar Wilde was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic...
Pablo Picasso was one of many essential influential artists of the 20 th century. He was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer. His works...
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He was born on October 25,...
The Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity is an annual award of €1 million that recognizes people, groups of people and/or organizations from all over the world whose...