Asherah, ancient West Semitic goddess, consort of the supreme god. Her principal epithet was probably “She Who Walks on the Sea.” She was occasionally called Elath (Elat), “the Goddess,” and may have also been called Qudshu, “Holiness.” According to texts from Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria),

Yasser Arafat was the president (1996–2004) of the Palestinian Authority (PA), chairman (1969–2004) of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and leader of Fatah, the largest of the constituent PLO groups. In 1993 he led the PLO to a peace agreement with the Israeli government. Arafat and

Anatolia: The neo-Hittite states from c. 1180 to 700 bce: …states of Anatolia, among them Que and Hilakku, the mountainous region to the north of Que. Shalmaneser III made a serious effort to establish Assyrian control over that area; he led five expeditions against Que, one against Tabal, and another to Milid, where the tribute of Tabal was brought to…

Kwekwe, city, central Zimbabwe. Ancient gold-mine workings were discovered in the area in 1894. A settlement was established in 1902 and named for the Kwekwe River (meaning the sound of frogs or “a crowd”). Kwekwe was created a village in 1904, a town in 1928, and a municipality in 1934. The city

The Man Who Knew Too Much: …sang the theme song “Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),” which won an Academy Award and became one of her most popular songs.

Sergei Eisenstein: …Mexico in 1932 to direct Que viva Mexico!, with capital collected by the novelist Upton Sinclair.

Queanbeyan, city, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. It lies along the Queanbeyan River, just southeast of the Australian Capital Territory. The city originated in 1828 as a holding called Queen Bean, a name phonetically derived from an Aboriginal word meaning “clear water.” Queanbeyan was

Quebec, city, port, and capital of Quebec province, Canada. One of the oldest cities in Canada—having celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008—Quebec city has a distinct old-world character and charm. It is the only remaining walled city in North America north of Mexico and was recognized as a

Quebec, eastern province of Canada. Constituting nearly one-sixth of Canada’s total land area, Quebec is the largest of Canada’s 10 provinces in area and is second only to Ontario in population. Its capital, Quebec city, is the oldest city in Canada. The name Quebec, first bestowed on the city in

Quebec, eastern province of Canada. Constituting nearly one-sixth of Canada’s total land area, Quebec is the largest of Canada’s 10 provinces in area and is second only to Ontario in population. Its capital, Quebec city, is the oldest city in Canada. The name Quebec, first bestowed on the city in

Willie O’Ree: Playing for the Quebec Aces: O’Ree returned to playing hockey in Quebec after one year in Ontario and was eighth in team scoring with the Quebec Aces in the 1956–57 season (22 goals and 12 assists for 34 points). O’Ree would go on to play…

Quebec Act, act of the British Parliament in 1774 that vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code, the seigneurial system of land tenure, and the Roman Catholic Church. The act was an attempt to deal with major questions that had arisen during the

Bloc Québécois, regional political party in Canada, supporting the independence of predominantly French-speaking Quebec. The Bloc Québécois has informal ties with the Parti Québécois, which has controlled Quebec’s provincial assembly for much of the period since the mid-1970s, and it represents the

Quebec, city, port, and capital of Quebec province, Canada. One of the oldest cities in Canada—having celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2008—Quebec city has a distinct old-world character and charm. It is the only remaining walled city in North America north of Mexico and was recognized as a

Quebec Conference, either of two Anglo-American conferences held in the city of Quebec during World War II. The first (August 11–24, 1943), code-named Quadrant, was held to discuss plans for the forthcoming Allied invasions of Italy and France and was attended by U.S. President Franklin D.

Canada: The union of Canada: On October 10, 1864, an agreement to establish a general federal union was reached in Quebec. The agreement was immediately approved by the British government, which was eager to allow the colonies to govern themselves and to be rid of its obligation to defend them inland from Quebec. The path…

Canadian literature: After the British conquest, 1763–1830: The bilingual Quebec Gazette (1764) and, later, French-language newspapers such as Le Canadien (1806) and La Minerve (1826) offered the only medium of mass communication, of contact with Europe and the United States, and of political expression at home. The first scattered indications of literature (anecdotes, poems,…

Jean Charest: …assume the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP). His move into provincial politics was made in an effort to wrest political control of Quebec from the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ), headed by Lucien Bouchard, prior to a referendum on Quebec independence. Although Charest’s popularity in Quebec had been expected…

Canadian literature: The literary movement of 1860: …Mouvement Littéraire de Québec (Literary Movement of Quebec). Often congregating at the bookstore of poet Octave Crémazie, its dozen members shared patriotic, conservative, and strongly Roman Catholic convictions about the survival of French Canada. Their spokesman, Henri-Raymond Casgrain, promoted a messianic view of the spiritual mission of French Canadians…

Colorado Avalanche, American professional ice hockey team based in Denver that plays in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Avalanche have won three Stanley Cup championships (1996, 2001, and 2022). The franchise was originally based in Quebec, Canada, and was known as

Parti Québécois, provincial Canadian political party founded in 1968 by journalist René Lévesque and other French Canadian separatists in the largely French-speaking province of Quebec. In 1968 Lévesque merged his Mouvement Souveraineté-Association (Sovereignty-Association Movement)—which advocated

Quebec referendum of 1995, referendum held in the Canadian province of Quebec on October 30, 1995, that proposed sovereignty for the province within a new economic and political partnership between Quebec and the rest of Canada. The referendum was defeated by a margin of only 1 percent, or fewer

Canadian literature: The Quiet Revolution: …as Gilles Vigneault, the “Quebec song” became the poetry of the people. Fusing elements of traditional Quebec folk music with politically charged lyrics, the Quebec song gained new importance at this time for its role in sustaining political fervour and national pride. Vigneault’s music incorporated many elements of traditional…

assistive technology: Benefits of assistive technology: The Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology (QUEST) collects information about the benefits of assistive technology and attempts to measure individuals’ satisfaction with their devices. QUEST uses different types of variables to measure user satisfaction, including those that take into account the environment, pertinent…

Québec Values Charter, statement of principles and subsequent legislation introduced in 2013 to Québec’s National Assembly by the ruling Parti Québécois government that sought the creation of a secular society—a society in which religion and the state would be completely separate. The result of

Battle of Quebec, (December 31, 1775), in the American Revolution, unsuccessful American attack on the British stronghold. In the winter of 1775–76, American Revolutionary leaders detached some of their forces from the Siege of Boston to mount an expedition through Maine with the aim of capturing

Battle of Quebec, (September 13, 1759), in the French and Indian War, decisive defeat of the French under the marquis de Montcalm by a British force led by Maj. Gen. James Wolfe. Both commanding officers died from wounds sustained during the battle, and within a year French Canada had capitulated

Canadian provincial flag consisting of a blue field (background) divided into quarters by a central white cross; within each quarter is a white fleur-de-lis.The origin of the provincial flag can be traced to France, which controlled vast areas of North America during colonial times. Since at least

Gatineau: …in the city, and the University of Quebec has a branch campus there. Gatineau Provincial Park is located to the northwest. Pop. (2006) 242,124; Ottawa-Gatineau metro. area 1,133,633; (2021) 291,041; Ottawa-Gatineau metro. area, 1,488,307.

Canada: The Quebec question: …Canadian province where citizens of French origin are in the majority, has developed a distinctive culture that differs in many respects from that of the rest of Canada—and, indeed, from the rest of North America. Although there are many in Quebec who support the confederation with the English-speaking provinces, many…

Gran Chaco: Plant life: The climax vegetation is called quebrachales, and consists of vast, low hardwood forests where various species of quebracho tree are dominant and economically important as sources of tannin and lumber. These forests cover extensive areas away from the rivers; nearer the rivers they occupy the higher, better-drained sites, giving rise…

Anacardiaceae: The reddish brown wood of quebracho trees (genus Schinopsis, especially S. lorentzii) yields commercial tannin. The pepper tree (Schinus molle), Cotinus species, and several species of sumac (Rhus) are cultivated as ornamentals. Poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac (all Toxicodendron

Atacama Plateau: …as broader valleys known as quebradas, the latter historically important as colonial routes of penetration into the Argentine Andes. Peruvian and Chilean colonizers conducted expeditions through the Andean valleys in the latter half of the 16th century that led to the foundation of some of the oldest towns in Argentina…

Quechan, California Indian people of the fertile Colorado River valley who, together with the Mojave and other groups of the region (collectively known as River Yumans), shared some of the traditions of the Southwest Indians. They lived in riverside hamlets, and among the structures they built were

quipu, accounting apparatus used by Andean peoples from 2500 bce, especially from the period of the kingdom of Cuzco (established in the 12th century) to the fall of the Inca empire (1532), and consisting of a long textile cord (called a top, or primary, cord) with a varying number of pendant

Quechua, South American Indians living in the Andean highlands from Ecuador to Bolivia. They speak many regional varieties of Quechua, which was the language of the Inca empire (though it predates the Inca) and which later became the lingua franca of the Spanish and Indians throughout the Andes.

Quechuan languages, the languages of the former Inca Empire in South America and the principal native languages of the central Andes today. According to archaeological and historical evidence, the original languages were probably spoken in a small area in the southern Peruvian highlands until about

Cuzco, city and Inca región, south-central Peru. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Western Hemisphere. Formerly the capital of the extensive Inca empire, it retains much of its highly crafted early stone architecture, which is typically preserved in the foundations and

Quechuan languages, the languages of the former Inca Empire in South America and the principal native languages of the central Andes today. According to archaeological and historical evidence, the original languages were probably spoken in a small area in the southern Peruvian highlands until about

South American Indian languages: Quechumaran: Quechumaran, which is composed of the Quechuan and Aymaran families, is the stock with the largest number of speakers—7,000,000 for Quechuan and 1,000,000 for Aymaran—and is found mainly in the Andean highlands extending from southern Colombia to northern Argentina. The languages of this group…

William Kidd: …valuable prize, the Armenian ship Quedagh Merchant, in January 1698 and scuttled his own unseaworthy Adventure Galley. When he reached Anguilla, in the West Indies (April 1699), he learned that he had been denounced as a pirate. He left the Quedagh Merchant at the island of Hispaniola (where the ship…

Eve Arden was an American actress best known for her role as the title character of Our Miss Brooks on radio (1948–56) and television (1952–56). Arden began her theatre career with the Henry Duffy Stock Company in San Francisco (1928–29) and made her Broadway debut in the 1934 Ziegfeld Follies. Her

Quedlinburg, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the Bode River, in the northern foothills of the Lower Harz Mountains, southwest of Magdeburg. Founded in 922 as a fortress by Henry I (the Fowler), it became a favourite residence of the Saxon emperors, and in 968 Otto I

Captain Queeg, fictional character, the unstable skipper of the destroyer-minesweeper U.S.S. Caine in The Caine Mutiny (1951) by Herman Wouk. The character was memorably portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in a film also entitled The Caine Mutiny

ant: Natural history: …or classes, within a colony: queens, males, and workers. Male ants play no part in everyday nest activities. They live only for a short time, occur in limited numbers, and are virtual parasites of the colony, which must feed them. The fertile female, the queen, performs only one task: egg…

Nicki Minaj: Queen (2018) featured collaborations with such performers as Eminem and the Weeknd.

chess: Queen: Each player has one queen, which combines the powers of the rook and bishop and is thus the most mobile and powerful piece. The White queen begins at d1, the Black queen at d8.

old maid: …deck from which one black queen is discarded. The cards are then dealt around one at a time as far as they will go. It does not matter if some players have one more card than others. Each player starts by discarding any paired cards from in hand.

Queen, British rock band whose fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics made it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. Although generally dismissed by critics, Queen crafted an elaborate blend of layered guitar work by virtuoso Brian May and overdubbed vocal harmonies enlivened by

John Boorman: Later career and honors: The drama Queen & Country (2014) is a sequel to Hope and Glory. Boorman also cowrote the drama The Professor and the Madman (2019).

Daniel Kaluuya: …in the acclaimed fugitive story Queen & Slim (2019). For his riveting portrayal of Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), Kaluuya won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actor.

Sir Benjamin D’Urban: …established a new colony called Queen Adelaide Province. This is noted as being the first time that the British had decided to attempt direct rule of Africans in Africa.

Queen Alexandra Range, mountain range of Antarctica, located in Ross Dependency (New Zealand) along the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. The range reaches an elevation of 14,856 feet (4,528 m) in Mount Kirkpatrick. The mountain range rises between the Dry Valleys and Queen Maud Range of the

Steve McQueen: He produced Queen and Country (2007), an oak cabinet with pull-outs containing a series of 160 facsimile postage-stamp sheet blocks. Each sheet block commemorates one soldier, showing multiple images of a single family-supplied photograph together with the soldier’s name, rank, regiment, age, and death date. The images…

Ugo Betti: …tragedy of love and revenge; La regina e gli insorti (first performed 1951; Eng. trans., The Queen and the Rebels, 1956), a strong argument for compassion and self-sacrifice; and La fuggitiva (first performed 1953; Eng. trans., The Fugitive, 1964), a story presenting legal courts as a symbol of world salvation.…

angelfish: …of the Atlantic; and the queen angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris), a blue and yellow fish of the Atlantic.

Queen Anne style: The Queen Anne style of furniture design became extremely popular among the upper classes in Britain’s North American colonies.

Queen Anne style, style of decorative arts that began to evolve during the rule of King William III of England, reached its primacy during the reign of Queen Anne (1702–14), and persisted after George I ascended the throne. The period also has been called “the age of walnut” because that wood was

Queen Anne’s, county, eastern Maryland, U.S., bordered by the Chester River to the north, Delaware to the east, and Chesapeake Bay to the west. It consists of a coastal lowland and includes Kent Island, which is linked across the bay to Anne Arundel county by the William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial

measurement system: The United States Customary System: …United States still used “Queen Anne’s gallon” of 231 cubic inches, which the British had discarded in 1824. Construction of standards was undertaken by the Office of Standard Weights and Measures, under the Treasury Department. The standard for the yard was one imported from London some years earlier, which…

Queen Anne’s lace, (Daucus carota carota), biennial subspecies of plant in the parsley family (Apiaceae) that is an ancestor of the cultivated carrot. It grows to 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall and has bristly, divided leaves. It bears umbels (flat-topped clusters) of white or pink flowers with a single

Queen Anne’s Men, theatrical company in Jacobean England. Formed upon the accession of James I in 1603, it was an amalgamation of Oxford’s Men and Worcester’s Men. Christopher Beeston served as the troupe’s manager, and the playwright Thomas Heywood wrote works exclusively for Queen Anne’s Men. The

Blackbeard: …merchantman into a 40-gun warship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, and soon became notorious for outrages along the Virginia and Carolina coasts and in the Caribbean Sea. In 1718 Blackbeard established his base in a North Carolina inlet, forcibly collected tolls from shipping in Pamlico Sound, and made a prize-sharing agreement with…

Queen Anne’s War, (1702–13), second in a series of wars fought between Great Britain and France in North America for control of the continent. It was contemporaneous with the War of the Spanish Succession in Europe. British military aid to the colonists was devoted mainly to defense of the area

Ellen Burstyn: …of a Woman (2020), and Queen Bees (2021).

history of film: Pre-World War I American cinema: …de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth, 1912), which starred Sarah Bernhardt and was imported by Zukor (who founded the independent Famous Players production company with its profits). In 1912 Enrico Guazzoni’s nine-reel Italian superspectacle Quo Vadis? (“Whither Are You Going?”) was road-shown in legitimate theatres across the country at…

reproductive behaviour: Insects: …of butterflies, such as the queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), the males possess “hair pencils” that project from the end of the abdomen and emit a scent when swept over the female’s antennae during courtship behaviour. Copulation does not occur in the absence of this chemical display.

Thomas Gainsborough: London period of Thomas Gainsborough: Queen Charlotte is more restrained; the painting of the flounced white dress decorated with ribbons and laces makes her look particularly regal. It is significant that Gainsborough, unlike most of his contemporaries, did not generally use drapery painters. In 1784 he quarrelled with the Academy…

Haida Gwaii, archipelago of western British Columbia, Canada, south of the Alaskan Panhandle. Extending in a north–south direction for roughly 175 miles (280 km) and with a land area of 3,705 square miles (9,596 square km), the islands (about 150 in number) are separated from Alaska, mainland

Queen Charlotte Sound, broad, deep inlet of the eastern North Pacific indenting west-central British Columbia, Canada. Bounded on the north by Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands) and on the south by Vancouver Island, the sound feeds into a series of straits that once were avenues

Queen Charlotte Sound: …south the sound tapers to Queen Charlotte Strait, a passage 60 miles (100 km) long by 16 miles (26 km) wide threading between Vancouver Island and the mainland to the Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound. These interlocking channels constitute a portion of the Inside Passage from Washington state to…

debutante: Thus, Queen Charlotte’s Ball became an annual event and the linchpin of the London social calendar. There, an exclusive group of high-class young women, typically around the age of 17 or 18, would be formally introduced to the monarch. Other balls and outings sprang up during…

Greta Garbo: …in Mata Hari (1932) and Queen Christina (1933) were among her most popular, and they were mildly scandalous for their frank-as-the-times-would-permit treatment of eroticism and bisexuality, respectively. Garbo portrayed contemporary protagonists in As You Desire Me (1932) and The Painted Veil (1934), the latter film being highly reminiscent of the…

Cincinnati, city, seat of Hamilton county, southwestern Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Ohio River opposite the suburbs of Covington and Newport, Kentucky, 15 miles (24 km) east of the Indiana border and about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Dayton. Cincinnati is Ohio’s third largest city, after

conch: The queen conch (Strombus gigas), found from Florida to Brazil, has an attractive ornamental shell; the aperture, or opening into the first whorl in the shell, is pink and may be 30 cm (12 inches) long. Spider conchs, with prongs on the lip, belong to the…

history of film: Pre-World War I American cinema: …de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth, 1912), which starred Sarah Bernhardt and was imported by Zukor (who founded the independent Famous Players production company with its profits). In 1912 Enrico Guazzoni’s nine-reel Italian superspectacle Quo Vadis? (“Whither Are You Going?”) was road-shown in legitimate theatres across the country at…

Queen Elizabeth, any one of three ships belonging to the British Cunard Line that successfully crossed over from the age of the transatlantic ocean liner to the age of the global cruise ship. The first Queen Elizabeth, which was the sister ship of the Queen Mary, was one of the largest passenger

warship: Battleships: …a step further with HMS Queen Elizabeth, armed with 15-inch guns and capable, in theory, of 25 knots. World War I stopped the growth of British and German battleships, but the United States and Japan continued to build ships exceeding 30,000 tons displacement. In 1916 both countries adopted the 16-inch…

Queen Elizabeth: Its successor, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), was launched in 1967 and made its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York in 1969. The ship, 963 feet (294 metres) long and displacing 70,327 tons, was slightly smaller than its predecessor so that it could pass through the…

Queen Elizabeth: Its successor, the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), was launched in 1967 and made its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York in 1969. The ship, 963 feet (294 metres) long and displacing 70,327 tons, was slightly smaller than its predecessor so that it could pass through the…

London: Museums of London: Christened the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court, it was formally opened to the public in December 2000. The library holdings, established as the British Library in 1972, were moved to St. Pancras in 1998. Other collections also had outgrown the space available at Bloomsbury.

Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, comprising all the islands north of latitude 74°30′ N, including the Parry and Sverdrup island groups. The islands, the largest of which are Ellesmere, Melville, Devon, and Axel Heiberg, have a total land area of more than 150,000

Queen Elizabeth National Park, national park located in southwestern Uganda. It occupies an area of 764 square miles (1,978 square km) in a region of rolling plains east of Lake Edward and foothills south of the Ruwenzori Mountains. The park is located within the Western Rift Valley, and its

Ontario: Transportation and telecommunications: The Queen Elizabeth Way, opened in 1939 as the first divided expressway in Canada, runs from Toronto to the U.S. border at Buffalo. The Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Highway runs from Montreal through Ottawa across vast stretches of Ontario’s northland to the Manitoba border. Capital…

Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, an early 17th-century English manuscript collection of 297 pieces for keyboard by many of the major composers of the period, including William Byrd, who is represented by 67 pieces; John Bull (44); Giles Farnaby (52); and Peter Philips (19). In his preface to the 1899

the Smiths: ” After 1986’s The Queen Is Dead, their most perfect balance of private angst and public anger, the Smiths—frustrated at the failure of their singles to hit the top 10—abandoned Rough Trade for the marketing muscle of the major label EMI (in the United States they remained with…

Queen Latifah is an American musician and actress whose success in the late 1980s launched a wave of female rappers and helped redefine the traditionally male genre. She later became a notable actress, and for her performance in Chicago (2002), she received an Academy Award nomination. Owens was

Queen Mab, poem in nine cantos by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1813. Shelley’s first major poem—written in blank verse—is a utopian political epic that exposes as social evils such institutions as monarchy, commerce, and religion and that describes a visionary future in which humanity is

Mab, in English folklore, the queen of the fairies. Mab is a mischievous but basically benevolent figure. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, she is referred to as the fairies’ midwife, who delivers sleeping men of their innermost wishes in the form of dreams. In Michael Drayton’s mock-epic

Queen Mab, poem in nine cantos by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1813. Shelley’s first major poem—written in blank verse—is a utopian political epic that exposes as social evils such institutions as monarchy, commerce, and religion and that describes a visionary future in which humanity is

Queen Mary, British passenger ship of the Cunard Line that was the epitome of the transatlantic ocean liner. The Queen Mary was in service from 1936 to 1967, and it later became a hotel and tourist attraction, docked at Long Beach, California. In the late 1920s the Cunard Line faced an aging fleet

Western painting: High Gothic: …large psalters, such as the Queen Mary Psalter (in the British Museum), survive from the first half of the 14th century, many of them done for East Anglian patrons and almost all laying heavy emphasis on marginal decoration. Although some books with elaborate border decorations date from as early as…

Western painting: High Gothic: …large psalters, such as the Queen Mary Psalter (in the British Museum), survive from the first half of the 14th century, many of them done for East Anglian patrons and almost all laying heavy emphasis on marginal decoration. Although some books with elaborate border decorations date from as early as…

Queen Maud Land, region of Antarctica south of Africa, extending from Coats Land (west) to Enderby Land (east) and including the Princess Martha, Princess Astrid, Princess Ragnhild, Prince Harold, and Prince Olav coasts. A barren plateau covered by an ice sheet up to 1.5 miles (2.4 km) thick, it

Queen Maud Mountains, subdivision of the Transantarctic Mountains of central Antarctica, extending southeastward for 500 miles (800 km) from the head of Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, it was named for the queen of Norway. The rugged, glacier-studded

Elizabeth was the queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1936–52), wife of King George VI. She was credited with sustaining the monarchy through numerous crises, including the abdication of Edward VIII and the death of Princess Diana. The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the

Elizabeth was the queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1936–52), wife of King George VI. She was credited with sustaining the monarchy through numerous crises, including the abdication of Edward VIII and the death of Princess Diana. The Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the

Queen of Hearts, fictional character, the tyrannical monarch in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by Lewis

Cleo Laine is a British singer and actress who mastered a variety of styles but is best known as the “Queen of Jazz.” Laine was born to a Jamaican father and an English mother. She quit school at age 14 and took a variety of jobs while auditioning for singing jobs. Her first break came in 1951,

Mira Nair: The biopic Queen of Katwe (2016) depicts the life of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, who overcame extreme poverty to become a grandmaster. Nair later directed five episodes of the six-part miniseries A Suitable Boy (2020), an adaptation of Vikram Seth’s epic novel about the relations between…