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Canadian Actor Christopher Plummer, 91
The actor went through a particularly fertile creative period in his golden years, receiving his first Academy Award at the age 82 for his...
EU Green New Deal Includes Building A New Bauhaus
In September the EU launched "an ambitious and historic initiative to fund innovative scientific and artistic endeavours to abate climate change and allow Europe...
New Feature Film On Twyla Tharp
The documentary will feature interviews alongside select footage of Tharp’s more than 160 choreographed works, “including 129 dances, 12 television specials, six major Hollywood...
The Book Pirates Loved Voltaire
Booksellers often distrusted Voltaire, because by modifying his texts and multiplying the editions, he alienated their customers. No one wanted to pay good money...
Why Sherlock Holmes Has Become One Of Our Most Enduring Literary Characters
There are the endless literary takes. There are Anthony Horowitz’s sequels, or Andrew Lane’s tales of a teenage Holmes. Star basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...
The Guy Who Moves Orchestras For A Living
Guido Frackers is the guy. "So I’ve seen the environment at least one year before. And we have a “bulldozer” who goes in 24...
All The Work Went Away: TV People Talk About Careers During COVID
“At the start of the pandemic, no one had any work, so it wasn’t so much of a problem. At times it was even...
Attacks On The Merits
The idea that the world is corrupt and unfair was the subject of medieval morality plays and sermons. They taught a vast population to...
Want To Understand People Better? Scientists Look To Dogs
In a recent study of 217 Border collies that ranged in age from 6 months to 15, the team, together with the Clever Dog...
How Much Do Composers Get Paid For Commissions?
The reality is that many questions surround composer pay. Some people wonder why they’re not being paid more. Some people are surprised by the...
LA Theatre Raises $700K In A Single Online Fundraiser. Here’s How
It was with no small amount of happiness that Center Theatre Group this week said it had generated more than $700,000 through a single...
The Pandemic Has Brought Out The Medieval In Us
"Was there a connection between the sudden relevance of medieval anecdotes and an apparent increase in blackletter fonts on leftist social media? If plague...
How Do We Mitigate The Chaos Of Social Media?
"I think we’re witnessing, in real time, society grappling with the emergence of social media as a very powerful force. Experts who have been...
Binging Or Drip Drip Drip? The Pros And Cons Of Streaming
Are we really just pleasure-seeking audiences looking for that instant hit of media indulgence? As the effects of lockdown and zoom fatigue have exposed,...
25 Years Ago A Luddite And A Techno-Utopian Bet On Whether Technology Would Destroy...
“History is full of civilizations that have collapsed, followed by people who have had other ways of living,” Kirkpatrick Sale said. “My optimism is...
Record Amount Of Buried Treasure Found In UK (By Amateurs With Metal Detectors)
The vast majority, 96%, were discovered by metal detecting. Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Essex and Hampshire were identified as hotspots for treasure with more than 80...
Theatre Of Screens (But Is It, Though?)
Whether or not onscreen theater feels like theater may depend on whether it offers a feeling of liveness, with all the potential for error...
Despite Pandemic, UK TV And Film Production Only Down 21 Percent In 2020
As per fresh stats from the British Film Institute, film and TV spend on Brit shores was £2.84B for the year, down a surprisingly...
America Needs A Creative Intervention
With misinformation and disinformation (here’s the difference) flourishing unchecked online, being able to discern fact from fiction is especially crucial. We witnessed the fatal...
Amazon’s New Washington DC Tower Will Have A Hiking Trail Up The Side
Named The Helix, the glass spiral tower will be part of a complex of three office buildings that will make up Amazon HQ2. - Dezeen
Snubs And Surprises From This Year’s Golden Globes Nominations
The absence of the Shonda Rhymes-produced Regency-era blockbuster proves the Golden Globes isn’t just a popularity contest. Otherwise, the Netflix drama would have cleaned...
You Love Classical Music But Spotify Isn’t Cutting It. Here’s A Comparison Of Streaming...
Two of them, Idagio and Primephonic, have been created specifically for classical music listeners. The other four, Apple Music, Qobuz, Spotify and Tidal, cover...
When Artworld Value Is About Economic Value, We All Lose
Converting "qualities to quantities”, replacing “critical evaluation with economic, technical evaluation”, making “the price system” the ultimate judge, turning institutions into markets and individuals...
How Did Zombie Figurative Art Become So Popular?
Such quirky, esoteric mash-ups feel less like stylistic innovations and more like branding exercises, reflecting a present in which one’s ability to market oneself...
Key Lesson For Theatres In The Pandemic? Adapting Is Key
“Are we going to come out of this moment with a new model or new models? No. But what if we were in a...