THEME FOR GREAT CITIES

Let he or she without soap sin cast the first stone — or slap.
Sami Brady Reed Walker Roberts Hernandez Dimera is just that kind of woman.
She’s the Days of Our Lives anti-heroine that the show’s fans love to hate and the show’s other characters love to hate on even more. Never mind the rapists, serial killers, and psychopaths currently running amok in fictional Salem, U.S.A. I wouldn’t...

For some superstars, the biggest singles weren’t the ones most likely to still be playing 20 years later.
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I have a theory: The more hits a superstar act has scored, the more likely the biggest one of those swinging singles is to be a totally unexpected home run....

"Has the world changed, or have I changed?" - Morrissey
Those lyrics from The Smiths' '80s college-rock classic "The Queen Is Dead" were playing practically on repeat in my head during my 11 days in Prague last month. It was my first trip to the Czech Republic's capital since 1996, and the city felt familiar...

"How do you like India?"
"Ah, trick question," I say to myself as I size up the large, sunburnt, middle-aged man who's just parked himself beside me.
I can't tell if he's an expat or a tourist, but his familiar accent gives away his Aussie status. He knows I'm based in Sydney, but not because of my accent, of course. He says he recognized me from the Scruff grid. He'd clearly taken the time to read...