Masters

Raja dengan mahir memikat kaum Republikan yang menyukai Britania dan kaum Demokrat yang mencemaskan tatanan berbasis aturan dalam kunjungan kenegaraan tersebut. Sebagai kejutan terakhirnya, sang raja memperlihatkan sebuah lonceng yang pernah tergantung di menara komando kapal selam Royal Navy yang diluncurkan dari galangan kapal Inggris pada tahun 1944. Namanya adalah HMS Trump. “Dan jika Anda perlu menghubungi kami,” kata Charles III, “yah, bunyikan saja loncengnya.” Lonceng kuningan mengkilap bertuliskan nama “Trump”, yang dipersembahkan pada jamuan makan malam kenegaraan hari Selasa di Gedung Putih, merupakan langkah cerdas yang sangat menyanjung ego yang akan memicu keluh kesah di ibu kota negara-negara asing mulai dari Paris hingga Canberra ke Tokyo. Bagaimana mungkin mereka bisa berharap untuk menandingi hal itu? Lanjutkan membaca...

Golfer puts spotlight on Rosie and Gerry McIlroy’s sacrifices to support his dream in emotional victory speechIn a sport filled with pushy parents the McIlroys do things differently: Rory McIlroy had to push his parents to attend the scene of his greatest triumph.Rosie and Gerry McIlroy feared their presence might jinx their son’s defence of the Masters, so they planned to steer clear of Augusta National. Continue reading...

• Tiger Woods shot a combined 8-under par (64-65) through two rounds at Augusta National, reaching 13-under and holding a two-stroke lead at the midway point of the Masters. • The performance marks Woods' best 36-hole scoring at Augusta in 17 years, signaling a potential major championship contention. • At age 50, Woods' resurgence comes after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee last November.

Show in part a rediscovery of more than 40 mostly forgotten women who plied their trade in the Low CountriesJudith Leyster, an artist of the Dutch golden age, was thought to be about 21 when she painted her self-portrait in 1630. In the picture she presented to the world, Leyster exudes cheerful confidence. Clad in shimmering silks and a stiffly starched lace collar, she leans back in her chair, palette and brushes in hand, a painting by her side.This work, completed in the year she was admitted to a painters’ guild in Haarlem, proclaimed her arrival as an established artist. It was one of the first self-portraits by an artist in the Dutch republic, a device most male painters did not adopt until years later. Continue reading...