The protests in the village of Balcombe, nestling in the valleys of West Sussex, against the shale gas explorations of oil company Cuadrilla are a thoroughly modern affair with social media mobilising passionate opposition.
In many ways, William and Kate's marriage can be read as a thoroughly modern affair – they cohabited before taking the plunge; they are equally well-educated; their love for each other overrode the old strictures of class.
This isn't apparent from anything in the actual film, but in interviews he has explained that he shot part of "Post Tenebras Lux" in and around his house, an airy multistory modern affair set in a lush, mountainous region in south-central Mexico.
Belgium took possession of the Dutch prison of Tilburg, a modern affair with tennis courts and a football pitch but a chronic shortage of residents.For a rent of €30m a year, 500 Belgian prisoners now live behind Tilburg's barbed wire.
He's meant to slow down come October, but when I hear him scrabbling in his tank – a wood and glass, split-level, mid-century modern affair that wouldn't have looked out of place in the Hollywood Hills circa 1956 – I feel horrible that he's not eaten for a fortnight.
Although its inspirations can be traced back to the late Heian-period tale Torikaebaya Monogatari, Your Name is a bristlingly modern affair with a J-pop soundtrack by teen favourites Radwimps and a mainstream cult sensibility that blends the fairytale charms of Hiromasa Yonebayashi's 2014 adaptation of When Marnie Was There with the existential angst of Donnie Darko.
In stark contrast to their previous label mix, Mood Hut Mix #9, Mix #10 is a mellower, more modern affair.
He taught at the University of Manchester (1908 13) and was principal of King's College, London, from 1913 to 1920, the period when he devoted much time to modern Greek affairs.
Ethiopia became prominent in modern world affairs first in 1896, when it defeated colonial Italy in the Battle of Adwa, and again in 1935 36, when it was invaded and occupied by fascist Italy.
