A perfect song: Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train to Georgia”

A singing group of one woman and three men, all dressed in white, performs onstage.

This essay is adapted from Danyel Smith’s new book, “Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop.” My questions have never changed. Been asking since L.A. was new to me. Since my […]

Homage to Spain’s railways: take the slow train for the best scenic routes | Spain holidays

Stained glass window at Bilbao-Abando Station.

Shared from www.theguardian.com Spain was a slow starter with trains. Its first tracks, between Mataró and Barcelona, covering about 20 miles, were laid in 1848, 18 years after the world’s first intercity line, between Manchester […]