CNN – Style

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Chicago (CNN) — The pope has been spotted in sportswear — and this time it isn’t AI. Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native and the first American pope, wore a White Sox baseball cap during a public appearance at the Vatican, making him the first pope to make such a casual

By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured by glass and coated in debris during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, the monumental oil-on-canvas, painstakingly restored over more than three years, has gone on view at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. In the wake of the tragedy,

By Will Noble, CNN (CNN) — In 1943, as American troops were dispersed around British air bases to join the Allied war effort, a short informative film, “How to Behave in Britain”, was produced. One section was dedicated to the “dos” and “don’ts” of a British pub, and used a roistering soldier — who tosses

By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) – A man accused of falsely posing as a flight attendant to reap dozens of free flights has been convicted of wire fraud and fraudulently entering the secure area of an airport. Tiron Alexander, 35, was found guilty by a federal jury after taking 34 free flights that he obtained

By Issy Ronald, CNN London (CNN) — Together, the Beatles wrote some of the world’s most enduring love songs. John Lennon’s love letters, on the other hand, reveal a different, earthier type of poetry — and take a swipe at Paul McCartney for good measure. One of these letters is now up for auction at

By Terry Ward, CNN (CNN) — Is there a food more humble yet universally adored than the sandwich? And while one person’s go-to hamburger snack might be another’s katsu sando or chivito, there’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a

By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — A remote Scottish lodge used to keep foreign secret agents far away from trouble during World War II is now up for sale. Nestled deep in the Scottish Highlands, Inverlair Lodge was requisitioned by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), an espionage and sabotage organization Britain created during World War

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — When Lesley Lokko was a young student in 1990s London, architecture was a place of openness and experimentation. And yet, she felt the discipline was incapable of thinking beyond European concepts of space. “We were being taught… in a very predominantly Eurocentric way, about the difference between inside and

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for 860,000 euros ($984,000) at auction. “Le Désespoir,” which shows a female figure sat on a rock holding one foot with her knee

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — He’d struggled with obsessive compulsive disorder since childhood, but Cameron Mofid says that there was one thing that helped him cope — traveling the world. Mofid, who is originally from San Diego, found that he was constantly replaying and overanalyzing conversations or “obsessively needing closure or certainty.” But the

By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Princess Diana’s ski suit, a Dior handbag given to her by France’s first lady and the floral dress she wore to visit children in hospital are among dozens of items from the late royal’s wardrobe headed to auction this month. Featuring over 100 pieces belonging to the former Princess

By Joe Yogerst, CNN (CNN) — What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and human drama that played out within the walls, as well as the astonishing architecture that features on so many castles. But they’re also romantic and somewhat

By Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — When Joe Doucet bought a new house in Katonah, New York, he wanted to make it as environmentally friendly as possible. As a designer and inventor, he immediately found himself wondering whether the exterior of his home could play a role in mitigating the effects of climate change. “One

By Jon Yeomans, for CNN (CNN) – It’s fair to say Spain was late to the table when it came to recognizing the global superpowers of food. While Italy and France have spent years in the limelight, Spain was biding its time. In recent years, however, people have come to celebrate the extraordinary flavors and

By Jason Carroll, CNN New York (CNN) — Bill Martin says he has heard all kinds of concerns lately from people considering a visit to the United States. “Worries about getting in, worries about being detained at the border. I think there is a worldwide fear about what is happening here,” said the Australian, who

By Erika Oreskovich, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, the desert landscape of Southern Utah seems like a sweeping, sun-baked canvas — wide open and endless. But tucked deep within its sandstone folds are narrow slivers of magic: slot canyons, sculpted over millennia by wind and rushing water. They draw hikers from around the world,