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The UK’s Northern Ballet May Start Sharing An Orchestra With Opera North
Northern Ballet said that it was “under financial pressure, brought about largely by rising production and touring costs” - and in order to save...
No, Marvel Didn’t Kill The Movie Star, Whatever That Is Anyway
"The problem with this theory is that it stems from a rather conservative sense of cultural terror." - The Guardian (UK)
Why Nostalgia Is Taking Over Television
What an expert says: "In times of disagreement and dissent, nostalgia peaks. COVID was an example of what stimulates nostalgia. … Vintage TV wants...
A Dog’s Relationship To Art
"Oscar seems to like interacting with the art, and his way of interacting seems ideal to me—kinetic, bodied, hyperpresent to the granular details of...
How The Artists Of The Third Generation Since The Holocaust Are Dealing With Historical...
“The third-generation perspective on the Holocaust is carefully hedged, defiantly distanced, explicitly filtered, supremely self-aware. These stories fundamentally do not belong to the writers...
Ten Important Oscar Movies Questions
And answers. For instance: Why would this be the year the Academy finally embraced Sean Baker? - Vulture
Norway’s TV Station Run By, And For, People With Learning Disabilities
“In Norway, as in every country, people with learning disabilities face issues ranging from low employment rates to access to support and housing. Being...
Has Michel Houellebecq Truly Written His Last Book?
The French novelist “is such a sly and ambiguous writer that I’m not always sure when he’s kidding. I often identify with his characters,...
Will Reality TV Franchises Kill Reality TV?
“As a risk-averse industry relies more and more on safe, conventional choices in a genre built on provocation and experimentation, reality’s franchise explosion raises...
Can Democracy Survive?
Anne Appelbaum, who has written many a book on autocratic dictators, says there’s a real case for optimism, or at least against pessimism. “It...
When The Art Of Tirzah Garwood Finally Came Back Into The Light
Most of her work belongs to private collectors, and she was, before now, known more as a wife to an artist than as an...
The Thirty-Year-Old Encrypted Code That Helped End Apartheid
Once apartheid fell apart, the man who created the code encrypted the disk it was on - and eventually forgot the password. - Wired
How To Write The Biography Of A Woman
“Dilemmas on how to depict a woman so that she is taken seriously and how to navigate the archival violence previously done against her,...
What It’s Like To Be A Poet Whose Home Is Gaza
Poet Mosab Abu Toha, who fled with his family last year: “My frightening childhood shaped me. And I'm still traumatized from childhood. And I'm...
How Navalny’s Prison Diaries Made It Into Print
“Navalny wrote about how it was becoming more difficult to get his messages and memoir pages out. 'Everything that I write and keep, or...
Fired Dallas Black Dance Theatre Members Aren’t Giving Up The Fight
“The dispute threatens to cloud the company’s new season, with the fired dancers demanding to be reinstated and vowing to form picket lines at coming performances....
Author Joy Williams Says The ‘Comfy Story’ Writers Enjoy Telling Must Change
“I’m always trying to convince myself that fiction will rise up and throw away the crutches that have been supporting it for far too long.” -...
Architects Love A Tricky Site
“Some projects seek to soar above the mucky stuff. Others embrace the difficulties, making them into an occasion to create something that would never...
The Ur-Designer Who Knows Apple Has Lost Its Way
Don Norman: "Apple fell prey to the disastrous part of design, which is that design is about making something beautiful and elegant. And I...
The Culture In Agriculture
In Wisconsin, “'The Hay Rake Ballet' in an alfalfa field — set to opera music in front of a rapt crowd who oohed and...
Netflix Seems To Be Bouncing Back
Subscribers, money, growth, live sports, Christmas Day NFL games … what is happening to the streamer that for a while seemed doomed to fall...
Can One Make Money On OnlyFans Without Making Content About Sex?
"For every university student raising cash by sharing nudes, there’s a wholesome housewife uploading DIY tips or an up-and-coming musician posting his latest tracks.”...
Composer Max Richter On The Most Streamed Classical Album Of All Time, And Working...
Richter’s 8.5-hour Sleep, based on the neuroscience of sleeping, is 10 years old, and still popular. But the composer’s newest music is for a...
British Film And Drama Schools Aren’t Exactly Filled With Working-Class Students
Actor Naomi Scott, who didn’t go to drama school, would like to change the chances for young working-class Brits interested in acting with material...
There Is No Way To Make Teenage Fame Safe
“Fame, like football, takes a toll. The effects can be particularly destabilizing when the star in question is still just a kid. And all...