Since the earliest years of its operation, the French fashion house of Christian Dior has enjoyed the patronage of the female (and one prominent male) members of the British royal family. Christian Dior, the designer, was born in 1905 and rose through the ranks of various Paris fashion houses to found his own establishment under his name in 1946. Dior's first haute couture collection was shown in February 1947, named "

The ObserverFiction This article is more than 7 years oldReviewThe Tobacconist by Robert Seethaler review – bittersweet follow-up to A Whole LifeThis article is more than 7 years oldRobert Seethaler has another hit on his hands with this coming-of-age tale set in pre-war ViennaRobert Seethaler follows up last year’s bestselling A Whole Life with this ominous tale about growing up fast in pre-war Austria. It’s 1937, and 17-year-old Franz Huchel leaves the calm shores of the Attersee for an apprenticeship with a Viennese tobacconist.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will convene this week for high-level talks in New York City, with representatives from around the world meeting to address a range of global challenges. While the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine will be in focus, this year’s 78th annual UNGA session also seeks to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a lofty, nearly decade-old effort to address poverty, education and other socioeconomic issues.

Hate dating apps and not had any luck finding love in real life? You might want to be on the lookout while waiting for your next flight, as you could be "someone's airport crush," according to a viral post by one traveler, who has since become everyone's "internet crush." The clip was posted six days ago by Finn Trigo Teixeira (@finntr on Instagram), a 25-year-old business development manager who is based in Berlin, Germany, according to his Instagram profile.

Sports can make people feel a lot of different things, from happiness to sadness. Fury when your team wastes chances, elation when they hit their stride. And even if you aren’t a sports fan, watching a bunch of grown men swarm a field to celebrate, say, a World Series win, or a soccer player strip down to her sports bra after winning the World Cup, those moments can be heart-warming to anyone watching.