Masters

• 국왕은 이번 국빈 방문에서 Britain을 선호하는 Republicans와 rules-based order를 우려하는 Democrats에게 능숙하게 호소했다. • 마지막 묘책으로 국왕은 1944년 영국 조선소에서 진수된 Royal Navy 잠수함의 conning tower에 걸려 있던 종을 공개했다. 그 이름은 HMS Trump였다. Charles III 국왕은 "혹시라도 우리에게 연락할 일이 생긴다면, 그저 종을 울려 주십시오(just give us a ring)"라고 말했다. • 화요일 White House 국빈 만찬에서 증정된 "Trump"라는 이름이 새겨진 광택 나는 황동 종은 Paris에서 Canberra, Tokyo에 이르기까지 외국의 수도들에서 탄식을 자아냈을 만큼 자존심을 세워주는 절묘한 한 수였다. 그들이 도대체 어떻게 그것에 필적할 수 있겠는가? 계속 읽기...

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...