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Tag: 04.03.21

Salman Rushdie: India Is No Longer The Country I Wrote About In ‘Midnight’s Children’

"When I wrote this book I could associate big-nosed Saleem with the elephant-trunked god Ganesh, the patron deity of literature, among other things, and...

The Spectacular Golden Parade Of The Mummified Pharaohs

"Crowds gathered on Saturday to witness the multimillion-dollar spectacle of 18 kings and four queens making the 7km journey (four miles) from the Egyptian...

We Can’t Travel Much Now, But Here Are Some Literary Destinations For The Future

To paraphrase Shakespeare, "Work, work your thoughts, and therein see" ... anything from Paris to London, Lyme Regis to George Orwell's final destination. -...

Arthur Kopit, Playwright Who Shook Up The Theatre, 83

Kopit "thrust Off Broadway into a new era with the absurdist satirical farce Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and...

The Young Creators Of A TikTok Viral Dance Speak Out

Mya Johnson is 15 and Chris Cotter is 13 - and they're Black. A white TikTok influencer took their dance, and other viral dances...

The 20th Century Irish Playwright And The Secrets Of Her Green Suitcase

Teresa Deevy wrote plays about young women coming to terms with - and pushing back on - the restrictions of life in Catholic Ireland....

Ashleigh Gordon Shares the Castle of our Skins

The co-founder, Artistic/Executive Director and violist of Castle of our Skins, a collective of artists of all kinds dedicated to advancing Black artistry through...

Broadway Reopens For 36 Minutes

The pop-up event, where Nathan Lane and Savion Glover performed (one at a time) "before a masked audience of 150 scattered across an auditorium...

Buildings That Claim To Be ‘Fossil Fuel Free’ Are Anything But

Glass, concrete and steel are far from carbon neutral, says a leading architect working on climate change. "The production of these materials entails burning...

Visitors To A South Korea Gallery Defaced A Graffiti Piece

Of course, they didn't mean to harm it - they believed it was participatory. Extra "Do Not Touch" signs have now been added. -...

This Year’s Oscars Might Be The Most Diverse Ever, Thanks To The Pandemic

The diversity is a silver lining of the awards season's weirdness. "A deeper, post-Covid existential crisis is on the cards. What is the point...
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