Numerous tributes from prominent figures including Barack Obama, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, and Billie Eilish, along with fans worldwide, have poured in following the death of Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard. His passing has prompted widespread grief and remembrance of his significant impact on music and the lives of many.
Thousands poured into the Santa Monica airport to attend the opening of LA’s sprawling art show. Heads were definitely turned — just not always at the stuff inside the frames.
Irish musician Glen Hansard, frontman of The Frames and Oscar-winning songwriter, has died in a car crash, prompting an outpouring of tributes from fellow artists including Bruce Springsteen and Bono. Fans gathered on Grafton Street to honor his legacy, remembering his journey from busker to international success.
A century ago, the Serra da Estrela mountains were Portugal’s answer to the Swiss health resorts of St Moritz and Davos. Now, a historic sanatorium has been given a 21st-century makeover and is drawing people back to the hills
Navigating the high slopes of Portugal’s Serra da Estrela in midwinter requires serious negotiation with the elements, but my guide, João Pedro Sousa, makes it look simple. Angling his lean frame into the wind, he digs his plastic snow-shoes into a steep drift and pauses, scanning the white ridgeline. He’s looking for mariolas – small cairns of rocks, fused by ice, that will indicate our onward trail. “The landscape changes every day so you have to learn how to read it afresh,” he says, setting off again. “At this time of year, nature is a true artist.”
I plod inelegantly in his wake, still clumsy in the frames clipped to my boots to keep me from sinking into the powder. At a quartzite outcrop rippled with rose and amber, we pause and drink in the view. Below us, cupped in the glacial scar of the Zêzere valley, is the terracotta-roofed town of Manteigas – founded in the 12th century and today the modest hub for tourism in the region. Ahead, on the horizon, João Pedro points out mainland Portugal’s highest peak, the 1,993-metre Torre, home to a small ski resort suited to beginners. “This region is full of surprises,” he grins.
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