Jeffrey Allen

On Thursday evening, August 27, there was supposed to be music on Pennsylvania Avenue. Not simply a concert, but an ambitious idea: performers and cultures gathering at Washington’s National World War I Memorial for A World United, an international program conceived around the belief that music can cross the boundaries that history so often records. The Doughboy Foundation described the planned evening as an international gathering of cultures brought together in a single sound. It was to be...

Few countries have woven aviation and space exploration so deeply into their national identity as France. From the pioneering flights of Louis Blériot to the launch pads of French Guiana, the country has long embraced the belief that innovation begins by looking beyond the horizon. Today, as Europe enters a new era of aerospace ambition, France once again finds itself at the center of that story; helping shape the future of aviation, satellite technology, and autonomous access to space. At...

Every year on June 16, something extraordinary happens. Thousands of people from Dublin to Washington, San Francisco to Sydney pick up a novel that many confess they have never finished. Some dress in Edwardian clothing. Others gather in cafés, libraries, embassies, parks, and bookstores to read passages aloud, retrace fictional footsteps, or simply raise a glass in honor of a character who never truly existed. His name is Leopold Bloom. His journey lasted only one day. Yet more than a...