In Competition No. 2398 you were invited to write an entertaining piece of prose incorporating a dozen given cricketing terms, but using them in a non-cricketing sense. One competitor added a postscript: 'I have not used the term "Chinaman" to refer to a native of that country as, according to Collins, that usage is now considered offensive.' Accordingly, he appeared ...

An eclectic group of artists, architects, scientists and writers have gathered at the Nevada Museum of Art to explore how nature and culture intersect in their chosen fields at a conference on art and environment. Programs at the three-day conference that began Thursday include the lessons of environmental stewardship taught ...