No-confidence debate comes to a head

The three-day parliamentary debate on a no-confidence motion against the government will be concluded on Thursday night with a roll-call vote. The motion was tabled by socialist PASOK and backed by SYRIZA, New Left, communist KKE and nationalist Greek Solution. The result of the vote is a foregone conclusion given the majority enjoyed in Parliament…

Is humanity out of fashion?

Ever since news broke last week that Pierpaolo Piccioli, the designer of Valentino, was leaving the brand, paeans to his talent have been flowing on both social and fashion media. But of all the words used to describe Piccioli’s work – its “genius” and “magic” and “vision,” its “dreaminess” and “beauty” – the one that…