The British Museum And Its 8 Million Objects, 6 Million Annual Visitors, Hundreds Of...
"It is a sprawling, chaotic reflection of Britain’s psyche over 300 years: its voracious curiosity and cultural relativism; its pugnacious superiority complex; its restless...
Large Ancient Bathhouse/Spa Uncovered In Pompeii
"The newly unearthed spa complex comprises the classic Roman trio of thermal rooms — calidarium (hot), tepidarium (warm), and frigidarium (cold) — alongside a...
Britain Should Offer Tax Deductions For Corporate Arts Philanthropy As France Does
"Introduced in 2003 by then culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon, this policy incentivises corporate philanthropy for arts and charities by offering a 60 per cent...
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer, 95
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author was one of the most humorously neurotic literary voices of his generation. … (He)...
We’ve Always Been Worried About Distraction (So What’s The Crisis?)
Haven’t critics freaked out about the brain-scrambling power of everything from pianofortes to brightly colored posters? Isn’t there, in fact, a long section in...
CEO Of Music AI Company: Making Music The Traditional Way Sucks
“It’s not really enjoyable to make music now. It takes a lot of time, it takes a lot of practice, you need to get...
Warning: Hollywood Screen Music Production Is Endangered
Los Angeles is facing a loss of artists, producers and executives ranging from sound to visual effects. Musicians, and the players behind them, are a...
Is Netflix Deliberately Dumbing Down TV For The Internet Generation?
Is it inherently bad to cater to people who may prefer their viewing on the more casual side? Is it snobbery to believe that...
Classical Music’s Identity Crisis: Political Music Under Biden
Classical music has long been wandering in the desert of its own identity crisis, and 2016 was an unexpected checkpoint. Overnight, it seemed that...
Data’s In: What And How We Read Last Year
About 63 percent of us read at least one book last year, an improvement from the 54 percent we saw in 2023.Other sources don’t...
Study: LLM AI’s Aren’t Very Good At History Yet
“The main takeaway from this study is that LLMs, while impressive, still lack the depth of understanding required for advanced history. They’re great for...
Is The TikTok Battle A Chance To Reimagine How The Internet Works?
Broadly, Project Liberty is part of the movement toward a decentralized social Internet, where no single network controls users’ data and users can instead...
The Director Claims His Movie About The Munich Olympics Isn’t Political
But not everyone agrees. “Workers at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema collected just over 1,000 signatures in an ongoing petition requesting the theatre chain pull the...
Naomi Watts Was Once Told That She’d Be Finished Acting Once She Turned 40
"Now 56, she is fresh off a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Babe Paley in Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. In March,...
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Who Choreographed Footloose And Brought Dance To A Wide Audience, Has Died...
The choreographer of exuberant musicals said, “My goal as a dancer and choreographer is to be understood. … Dance should not be a cerebral...
Andrew Lloyd Webber Will Teach These Soccer Fans To Sing Opera
No, this is not The Onion: “A group of Bradford City fans will go from singing on the terraces to performing as a choir...
The Thriving Publishing Renaissance In Africa
The continent doesn’t need the West to “discover” writers. Instead, “a radical shift is underway, transforming the region’s literary landscape from within and opening...
Without Reality TV, We’d Never Have Arrived At Today’s Inauguration
“The idea that blandly macho host would become one of the most influential figures in American life would have seemed as ridiculous as,...
How Did Popcorn Become Such A Movie Staple?
You can praise (or blame) a saleswoman in Kansas City who "built a concession empire in the middle of the Great Depression.” - and...
Playwright, Director, And Composer Claire Van Kampen Has Died At 71
Van Kampen, married to actor Mark Rylance, not only "was the first female musical director at both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National...
Sex Might Be Back In Movies, But It’s Not Very Sexy
In a lot of awards-discussion movies from 2024, "The directors are using the moments to explore complex power dynamics between characters. These scenes are...
Los Angeles Art Fairs Decide To Keep Going
Because now, of course, artists and the arts really need money. And then there’s hope. “It’s an important moment to give people a sense...
Prince Harry’s Case Against British Tabloids Is Rapidly Reaching Its Most Vital Days
“This will be the first time that News Group Newspapers has had to defend itself against allegations that its journalists and executives across the...
Grand Theft Hamlet Got Its Start From Actors Out Of Work During The Early...
So began “a ludicrous journey to making one of the weirdest versions of one of the most performed pieces of literature: a staging of...
A Marvel Card Game Goes Dark Along With TikTok
“‘Marvel Snap’ players were shocked to wake up on Sunday and find themselves unable to access the speed-battle card game. They were greeted instead...
