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As Developers Swoop Into South London, Can Planning Offices Reject Ugly Schemes?
Yikes, says Rowan Moore: "The proposed building is, not to put too fine a point on it, a brute. ... It is out...
The Australian Author Who Was This Close To Chucking It All For A Steady...
Aaron Blabey "had been working a series of increasingly dissatisfying day jobs — from acting to advertising — and although his children’s books were...
Los Angeles Is Paying Tribute To Six Revolutionary Composers Who Have Recently Died
Mark Swed: "The consequence of the current loss is enormous and hard to process because little of their music is part of the regular...
It’s Not Just Nic Cage Playing Himself, But Exaggerated, In A Movie
Think Keanu Reeves in Always Be My Maybe, Anna Faris in Keanu (unrelated to Reeves, kind of), LeBron James in Trainwreck ... the list...
The Fight To Get Family Images Back From Harvard
Tamara Lanier is fighting "to reclaim the daguerreotypes of her ancestors from the Peabody Museum at Harvard University," where they'd been since Louis Agassiz...
Reclaiming Heritage Styles Means A Fresh Fashion Start In Much Of The African Continent
Yes, the reclaiming started in the 1960s. But "today's new cohort of designers is going a step further – not just questioning western dress...
Saudi Arabia, Other Countries That Have Homophobic Laws Ban Newest Marvel Movie
Much like the recent Eternals, banned in a variety of countries for a gay relationship and kiss, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness...
San Francisco’s Castro Theatre, Undergoing Renovation, Gets Hit Hard By Burglars
The historic theatre was hit "twice in the span of a single week — a repeat offense by the same suspect that reportedly resulted...
A Book Tour By Bike Leaves An Author Feeling Very Fulfilled, And Optimistic Too
Indie bookstores are thriving. "During the lockdowns these small shops discovered how much they were valued by their customers; booksellers tell me about switching...
The Black Artists Left In Limbo At The Super Bowl Stadium
Yeah, never a good sign: "The city gave up its customary percent for art ordinance as part of its contract with the property’s developer,...
What’s Behind All The Book Bans?
A Nambé Pueblo scholar describes how book bans might affect Native peoples. "We are few in comparison to nearly all other groups. If ...
British Artist Sonia Boyce Wins Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion
Boyce is the first Black woman to represent the UK at the Biennale. The jury "commended Boyce for raising 'important questions of rehearsal' as...
Mississippi Masala, Thirty Years On
"The movie’s deep, sometimes unnervingly honest explorations of racism ― not to mention colorism, white supremacy, colonialism and displacement ― still feel groundbreaking 30...
The Artists Of Ukraine Deal With The War In A Variety Of Ways
Kinder Album says, "Now I need to draw, I don’t have time to think, I need to express the feelings of the moment, because...
Jennifer Egan Loves Doing The Work To Promote Her Books
Why not, she says - there’s no reason not to work just as hard promoting your book as you did writing it. "The worst...
Making Films In Iran To Elude A Feeling Of Total Despair
Panah Panahi is the son of acclaimed, and officially stifled, filmmaker Jafar Panahi. "No matter how hard you try to be positive and go...
Who Gets To Decide How A Theatre Audience ‘Should’ Act?
Critic Marty Hughley responds to an opinion piece by the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and he's fine with audiences quieting the...
Keeping Languages Alive Through Spelling Bees
For Alaskans whose people's languages are Yup'ik and Iñupiak, "the spelling bee gives students the opportunity to practice reading and writing a language they...
You Don’t Have To Forget Your Troubles To Get Happy
If people want to be happier, there are research-backed ways to do it - including "Search for transcendent truths beyond your narrow day-to-day life," and...
Martin Scorsese Wants Us To See Restored Classic Movies
And he wants it enough to launch a whole project, with Film Foundation, to show one each month for free. (Which, let's face it,...
And The Winner Of The Streaming Wars May Be
Wait ... AT&T? Looks like they got out of streaming just in time. - Variety
How Do You Follow Up A Smash Hit First Novel?
You throw your second one in the (metaphorical) trash can, of course. - The Guardian (UK)
Joyce DiDonato Takes On A Big Role
That is, battling climate change. "If the result is more mystical than activist, DiDonato’s aim remains, as her liner notes say, a prompt for...
How To Help Netflix Fix Itself
The first big streaming network has been coasting - and it can no longer afford to coast. - The Verge
BookTok Is Driving A Rise In Book Purchasing At Stores And Shops Across The...
Sales rose 5% in the UK, for instance. BookTokkers, aka TikTok users, are "replicating the time-honoured sales method that bookshop staff have often...
