The BBC’s Tough New License Rules
The new operating license requires that the BBC adheres to more than 70 quotas across its broadcast TV and radio services. - Variety
Well, There Goes That Theory: New Analysis Of Beethoven’s Hair Upends Long-Held Theories
An analysis of strands of his hair has upended long held beliefs about his health. The report provides an explanation for his debilitating ailments...
How To Think About Humanity’s Doom
If the good news is that we are doomed, the better news is that we can’t do much about it. Peter Frankopan points to...
How To Live An Epicurean Life
There’s nothing quite like recalling the rich joys of life to make us wonder why memories worth relishing can seem like a scarce resource...
Rare Guarneri Violin Smashes Sales Record
An exceptionally rare Guarneri violin—so fabled that it has its own name, the Baltic—sold for $9.44 million (premium included) at auction on March 16,...
Caught On Video: Is This Banksy?
A UK TV crew spotted the man — who was also seen wearing a long black coat and glasses — as he took phone...
When Violence Damages Jerusalem’s Medieval Al-Aqsa Mosque, These Skilled Craftsmen Repair The Damage
"The artisans there — including a gold-leaf specialist, coppersmiths and wood carvers — fear that their meticulous work will be destroyed, as has happened...
The Arts Amounted To $1 Trillion Of America’s 2021 Economy
“In general, I don't think people recognized how much of an economic footprint the arts have in this country,” he adds. “We are for...
The Vermont Symphony Names A Music Director After A Three-Year Search
"After a three-year search, seven finalists' concerts; and extensive surveys of musicians, audiences and board members, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra finally has a new...
Broadway Shows Are Looking A Little… Cheap, Lately
Scenic downsizing is all the rage in Midtown for a range of reasons — skyrocketing costs, cold concepts, quick turnarounds. As a result, storied...
Ontario’s Conservative Government Eliminates One-Time Arts Grants
"The Ford government says it will maintain its $60-million in base funding for the Ontario Arts Council in next week’s budget but will not...
Vermeer Detective: His Captivating Theory About The Artist’s Daughter
Of course, I sometimes still had to weather the churning roil of his stream of consciousness. I won’t try to replicate his frenetic, perseverating...
How Do Choreographers Come Up With Names For Their Works?
"It's a precarious task that needs to carefully shape the audience's experience but not smother it. A title should be just enough of a...
Fascinating: What Scientists Are Learning About Cognition In Animals
More and more scientists are realizing that animals, like people, are individuals: They have distinct tendencies, habits, and life experiences that may affect how...
Ai Weiwei Recreates Monet’s Water Lilies With Hundreds Of Thousands Of Legos
The exiled Chinese artist's Water Lilies #1 is 50 feet long and incorporates 650,000 Lego bricks in 22 colors. The first public display of...
Ukraine’s Publishing Industry Struggles On Through Invasion And War
"The number of titles published in Ukraine was cut almost in half last year, dropping from 17,000 in 2021 to just under 9,000. …...
How Aaron Sorkin Is Remaking The Script Of “Camelot” Into Something Today’s Audiences Can...
The songs "How to Handle a Woman" and "What Do the Simple Folk Do?" haven't aged well, and the book of the Lerner &...
NPR And WHYY Will Make 40 Years Of “Fresh Air” Archives Available To Paid...
"Subscribers to Fresh Air+ will also get more recent exclusives, such as unaired excerpts from recent interviews and behind-the-scenes content that pulls back the...
Perhaps For The First Times, A Prominent Podcast Company Is Sold To Its Employees
Jesse Thorn, host/producer of the public radio show Bullseye and founder/owner of Maximum Fun, which produces several other podcasts, worried about the fate of...
Yet Another Director Of A Major Moscow Museum Is Ousted
Just a month after the director of the Tretyakov Gallery was forced to resign after being pressured to make the exhibits "in line with...
Virginia Zeani, Soprano And Teacher Revered By Colleagues, Is Dead At 97
"The conductor Richard Bonynge ranked her among the top four sopranos of the 20th century. And according to Ms. Zeani, Maria Callas's husband,...
Artists Protest Proposal To Triple Fees For Artist Visas To The US
O-1 visas for “individuals with extraordinary ability or achievement” would increase from $460 to $1,655. P-2 visas would jump from $460 to $1,615. The...
Bollywood Music Removed From Spotify
Spotify says it's not been able to reach an agreement with the owners of the tracks after the old one expired. Soundtracks with millions...
Using Tech To Probe The Grammar Of Dance
The Functional Grammar of Dance (FGD) explains how body parts create meaning by interacting with the space and the people surrounding dancers in a performance....
How Theatre Is Doing In A Post-Pandemic (Yeah, We Know) World
The more pressing question, now that theatres are back in some kind of business, is: How is business? Are audiences coming back at anything like pre-pandemic...
