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Why, In A Digital World, Do We Still Use Postage Stamps?
Well, why not? People’s moods improve when they receive stamped letters - and “stamps provide 'an amazing body of material to study the history...
The Rebirth Of King’s Cross In London May Not Be Quite Complete
The changes since 2004 have been dramatic. "It has created, in its 50 new and restored buildings, about 1,700 homes, more than 40% of...
The Gender Divide In Reviews Of The New Cabaret
Young women, whose bodies are at risk in the post-Dobbs United States, get this version, where Sally "doesn’t sing, dance or exist to please...
China Has Thousands, If Not Millions, Of ‘Micro-Drama’ Series
But the country’s government wants to clamp down on these low-budget, few-minutes-at-a-time, mini-shows. - Time
How’s That AI Advertising Working Out For You, Meta?
It’s going fine, just fine: "Meta’s automated ad platform has been blowing through budgets and failing to deliver sales. Small businesses have seen their...
The Explosion In Arts And Crafts Inspired By, Or Perhaps Dependent On, Taylor Swift
One crafty crafter says customers "were buying the yarn that was inspired by the tour. And then they were going and knitting a sweater...
What It Feels Like To Be A Composer Nominated For A BAFTA
Adiescar Chase: “Some of it's scary, but it's really fun.” - BBC
Colleges Are Adding ‘Value’ With Massive Museum Expansions
The extreme college workout facility is passé - now it’s cool, newly renovated and/or expanded museums that attract undergrads and their tuition-paying parents. -...
How Catcher In The Rye Inspired Britain’s Young Hawthornden Prize Winner
In Moses McKenzie's new book, the main character isn’t self-reflective at all. "It’s difficult to write in the first person and create empathy for...
Today, For The First Time, The Pope Went To The Biennale
“The pope greeted the inmates of the Giudecca prison individually in an inner courtyard. Some gave him flowers, and others pressed envelopes and notes...
On The Whole Screentime Front, Some People Think Kids Belong In Front Of TVs...
Are some screens better than other screens? Possibly! "Research strongly supports the benefits of ‘co-viewing,’ or actively engaging with screens together with your child....
How ‘Shirley Card’ Color Processing Shaped Our Understanding Of Analog And Digital Photos
The Shirley card, which set Kodak color processing values, was intensely racist. - El País English
When A Protest Musician Becomes A Grandparent
Billy Bragg has been putting in the hard work for literal decades. And "here he is in the seaside retirement resort, still fighting the...
Science Fiction Can Be Great, But Boy Howdy Did It Screw Up On Conspiracy...
The man who invented the deep state "wasn’t just a writer and soldier. He was an anti-communist intelligence operative who helped define U.S. psychological...
If New York Bookstores Were People
In honor of yesterday’s Independent Bookstore Day (which, of course, we could all celebrate every day), here’s a visual analysis of some of the...
Young Researchers In Britain Are Desperate For Better Access To Cultural Archives
One curator says, "If this project has taught me anything it is about the need to educate and to introduce learning around how to...
The Challenges Of Translation In Shogun
"Court etiquette of the Sengoku era, as well as the gender politics of the time, mean a lot of things cannot be said explicitly....
The Golden Age Of Mid TV
How did Donald Glover (Atlanta) and Maya Erskine (PEN15) become the poster chlidren for middle-range, middle-of-the-road, no-stakes characters? Their work is just fine in...
The Paramount Acquisition Drama Continues With An Ousted Longterm Executive
Bob Bakish "has been with Paramount and its Viacom predecessor since 1997. He was recruited by Redstone in 2016 to help bring order...
The Surprising Things The Walker Art Center Did To Its Gift Shop
“‘It’s a shop disguised as an exhibition, or an exhibition disguised as a shop,’ Clark said. 'We kind of built a house, and we...
Losing TikTok Would Mean Losing A Lot More Than Fun Dance Videos
One creator: “I don’t think that banning an app that many people have used to raise funds for each other, bring awareness to different...
As Phones Become Mere Commodities, Apple’s Walled Garden Is Crumbling
“We’re a long way from the ‘wow’ moment of that first iPhone. It’s not all vibes, either" - some of it is legal decisions...
Traditional Museums Are, Finally, Waking Up To Children
At the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, for instance, an Art Crawl "is held three times a month for newborns through 14-month-old children, who...
Kerry Condon Is The Most Successful Irish Woman Actor
Did you know that? She’s happy if you don’t. - Irish Times
Should The Louvre Move The Mona Lisa To Its Own Room?
"Such a move would give visitors, many of whom visit the Louvre for the famous painting alone, a better experience, Laurence des Cars told...