Yearly Archives: 2023
The Joys Of Berlinglish
An editor at Exberliner, the English-language monthly magazine for expats in Germany's capital, considers the quirky ways in which Deutsch and English mix in...
Three Ways To Think About Creativity And Artificial Intelligence
There are three responses we could have in response to my question, “What does it mean to be creative in the midst of ubiquitous...
Carlos Acosta’s Heavy Metal Ballet Is Ready To Storm The Stage
"Black Sabbath: the Ballet, due to open in September in the band's home city, … is the vision of Birmingham Royal Ballet's artistic director,...
Lebrecht — One Man’s Relationship With Beethoven’s Music
It is a sad fact in the 2020s that anyone writing a book praising the achievements of an artist on the order of Ludwig...
Spokane Symphony Faces A $1 Million Deficit
"Expiring pandemic-related government funds, a scuttling stock market and the increasing cost of doing business have left the 78-year-old arts organization seeking some help....
Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive Library Is A Weird Look
Publishers and libraries ought to be on the same side: libraries aim to advance learning by providing free and open access to information; publishing...
Beatrix Potter: Biological Illustrator, Entomologist, Mycologist, Sheep Farmer
The creator of Peter Rabbit was more than a writer of children's tales about fuzzy animals. She did professional-quality zoological illustration, carried out serious...
After NPR Quits, Public Radio Stations Ponder Leaving Twitter
More than 30 stations have announced so far that they will no longer use Twitter. Some station leaders say they made the decision to...
The New Glossy Magazines Joining Ukraine’s Fight Against The Russian Invasion
Two Kiev-based publications, Solomiya and Telegraf, and a dissident magazine from inside Russia, BL8D (pronounced "blood"), are using visual art, fashion photography, interviews and...
Is This Humiliating? Or A Hoot? Italian Tourism Campaign Features Botticelli’s Venus As An...
""In one image, she takes a selfie at Piazza San Marco in Venice, while elsewhere on her travels she eats a pizza on Lake...
Why Epistolary Drama Can Work So Well On Stage
"It's an inherently dramatic device — because a letter is both a vessel for self-expression and a catalyst for a response. Suspense swirls around...
Paper Magazine Lays Off Its Entire Staff
"The staff of Paper Magazine, the pop culture publisher made famous by the 2014 'Break the Internet' photo shoot with Kim Kardashian, was laid...
BBC’s Chairman Resigns Over Boris Johnson Loan Scandal
"(Richard Sharp) quit Friday after a report found he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest over his role in arranging ... a...
London’s Tate Modern Gets Its Next Director From Norway’s National Museum
"Karin Hindsbo, who oversaw the consolidation of four Norwegian art institutions into the National Museum in Oslo, will take up her new post in...
The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Are Back, This Time At The National Gallery In DC
"Protesters smeared black and red paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture at the National Gallery of...
Why Our Brain’s Connections To Our Bodies Get Crossed
Nothing that we know of stops the right side of the brain from connecting with the right side of the body. That wiring scheme...
The Allure Of Conspiracy Theories In A Time Of Complexities
"In a world overshadowed by immensely complex crises that demand cooperation across the human species, we are finding it necessary, as if we were...
The Inevitable Backlash Against Anti-Colonialism
In the 2020s, our collective understanding of the unfinished, sublimated, institutionalized nature of the British colonial past has undoubtedly reached a tipping point. And...
Claim: Now Is A Golden Age For Criticism?
Quantitatively and qualitatively, critical production is flourishing, despite – and in some cases because of – the dire economic state in and around the...
Brussels Royal Museum Director Resigns After Allegations Of Abuse
In December, 31 of the museum’s 176 employees sent an open letter to Thomas Dermine, who, as Belgium’s Secretary of State, oversees federal museums. The letter detailed...
Locals Complain About “Pornographic” Books In High School Library; Librarian Sues Them For Defamation
"A longtime librarian at Roxbury High School in Morris County (New Jersey) has sued a group of residents she says defamed her by falsely...
The Restorative Powers Of Reading
We all recognise how important self-care is and that books help you feel part of a bigger world. Which is why we choose to...
Making Contemporary Dance, With Ordinary Local People, In England’s De-Industrialized Northeast
Choreographer Liv Lorent settled in Newcastle 30 years ago; Esther Huss moved to a nearby former mining village more recently. Both see real advantages...
Touring A Show In A Time Of Climate Change: Theatre That Recreates Rather Than...
"It's a delicate experiment in what happens when we really try and tune in to local audiences rather than just deliver the same product...
Twice-Exiled: The Life Of A Young Correspondent For Russia’s Only Independent TV Network
Valeria Ratnikova started at TV Rain at age 20; by 23, she was a network star. When Putin's government shut TV Rain down after...
