Why You Should Write A Really Bad Novel
I don’t think you should write 50,000 words in a month in hopes that you will get discovered and Penguin Random House will buy...
Vandals Who Spraypainted Graffiti On Ancient Nevada Petroglyphs Sentenced To Prison
“No restitution or repair can undo the damage done by those who would vandalize such a sacred and historical site as White River Narrows,...
Wagner’s “Ring”… As Chamber Music
"As the director of the relatively small-scale Regents Opera, I am acutely aware of the risk attached to any attempt on Wagner’s epic saga. Yet,...
Research: How Technology Is Changing The Ways We Work
A growing body of research has begun to explore the nuanced ways in which technology is influencing the workplace and the workforce, shedding light on...
How The Decline Of Rome Has Fueled a Mytholgy Of Decline
Concentration on the rhetoric of decline and renewal combines various kinds of phenomena: political leaders who genuinely believe in decline and those who cynically...
China’s 400-Year-Old Women-Only Script Is Having A Revival
Nüshu, a phonetic, syllabic script (as opposed to the standard Chinese ideogram characters) used by and between women, developed in a rural area of...
The Ancients Had Stonehenge. Now We Have… Plastic Stonehenge?
Designed by London architecture firm Vatraa, the “monument” was modeled after the Great Trilithon of Stonehenge, but instead of using stones, the architects wrapped three giant piles...
Margaret Atwood And Wayne McGregor Make A Ballet Out Of “MaddAddam”
Atwood says, "I just want to know how you are going to get around the giant blue penises." McGregor's only response (other than laughter)...
Film Production Soars To Record In Australia
Spend on Australian features reached a record A$786M ($508M) during the period, an increase of 59% on the previous year, even though the overall...
Anselm Kiefer’s 200-Acre Gesamtkunstwerk In The South Of France
Michael Heizer's "City" isn't the only massive art installation out in the boondocks that took decades and millions of dollars to build. For 30...
Why Artifacts Returned To Their Home Countries Shouldn’t End Up In Museums
Involving communities in the way artefacts are used and displayed is a longstanding issue for African museums, even for objects that were never taken...
“Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?” And The Age Of “Hagsploitation” Cinema
"In the years following its release, Hollywood started producing a string of (movies) which, like Baby Jane, provided veteran actresses including Barbara Stanwyck, Tallulah...
Why The UK’s New Arts Funding Policy Works Against Culture
Viewing the process as a zero-sum game pits different parts of the country against one another. This approach also glosses over the underlying politics...
Classical Music Radio In Britain Is Losing Lots Of Listeners, Even Though Classical Music...
Data indicate that interest in classical music itself is growing, but BBC Radio 3, the more populist Classic FM, and newish Scala Radio have...
At 108, This Woman May Be The World’s Oldest Active Dancer
Eileen Kramer started dancing professionally in 1939 and lived in India, Europe, and the US before returning to Australia at 99. She now lives...
They’ve Found The Oldest Known Sentence To Be Written In An Alphabet
There are more ancient surviving writings in hieroglyphics and cuneiform, but the inscription on this 3,700-year-old personal-care item is the oldest to use letters...
Securities & Exchange Commission Investigates Hedge Fund That Invests In Broadway Shows
A marketing document from the Broadway Strategic Return Fund claims that the fund's value quadrupled from January 2016 through September 2021, a period that...
One-Person Shows Are Having A(nother) Boom — And Not Just Because They’re Cheap To...
There have been other periods when stage monologues were big on New York stages. The difference this time is the audiobook and podcast boom;...
“Absurd”, “Insane”, And “Not Doable”, Says English National Opera CEO About Moving To Manchester
Stuart Murphy: "We looked at the money. We spoke to people the Arts Council hadn't bothered to speak to in Manchester, from across the...
Gal Costa, Legendary Brazilian Songstress, Is Dead At 77
"The soprano with wild curls of dark hair was … an icon in the Tropicalia and Brazilian popular music movements who enjoyed a nearly...
What The Famed Suzuki Method Really Taught
The Suzuki story turns out to be a fascinating study in the hybrid nature of human culture, tracing a remarkable cross-century triple play—European music...
Moderation And Censorship Are Not The Same
A minimum viable product for moderation without censorship is for a platform to do exactly the same thing they’re doing now - remove all...
English National Opera Chief “Shocked” By 100 Percent Funding Cut And Suggestion To Leave...
The chief executive said the organisation was "completely shocked" by its 100% cut, announced last week as part of the latest round of ACE funding and said he...
Five Years After #MeToo, What’s Changed (And Hasn’t) For Female Artists
A recent survey by the British artist and curator Helen Gorrill, of the prices of 5,000 paintings sold at auction globally, found that for...
Judge Puts The Kibosh On Random House Acquisition Of Simon and Schuster (Not Even...
“The government has presented a compelling case that predicts substantial harm to competition as a result of the proposed merger of PRH and S&S,” Judge Florence...
