Masters

• 国王在国事访问中巧妙地赢得了喜爱英国的共和党人和对基于规则的秩序感到担忧的民主党人的好感 • 在其最后的压轴戏中，国王展示了一个曾挂在 1944 年从英国造船厂下水的英国皇家海军潜艇指挥塔上的铃铛。它的名字叫 HMS Trump。Charles III 说道：“如果您随时需要联系我们，那就摇一摇铃吧。” • 周二在白宫国宴上赠送的这口刻有“Trump”字样的抛光黄铜铃铛，是迎合虚荣心的神来之笔，定会引发从巴黎到堪培拉再到东京等外国首都的哀叹。他们又怎能指望与之媲美呢？继续阅读...

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...