Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies found while 80% of former students gained financially from attending university, about 20% earned less than those with similar school results who did not attend, highlighting how some subjects, such as creative arts, offer negative financial returns. – The Guardian
Tag: 02.29.20
Why The Right Chooses To Fight For Classical Architecture
A big part of the appeal of classical architecture for the right is this perceived ability to endure. Buildings can be read as part of an unbroken chain, supposedly embodying an uncomplicated continuity between the past and present, with little or no “revisionism” getting in the way of our admiration of the way things were. – The Guardian
The Baroque Painter Who Avenged Her Rape Via Her Paintings
Artemnesia Gentileschi was raped by a co-worker of her father’s – what a surprise, right? They took the rapist to court, where she, an artist, was tortured to see if she was telling the truth, and he never served any time. But she absolutely persisted, becoming the first woman member of Florence’s Accademia. Some (who knows? Perhaps many) of her paintings have been attributed to other, male artists, with one only rediscovered in the last two years. – The Observer (UK)
James McBridge Says That New Writers Need To Know The Simplest Story Might Be The Best
McBride is also a realist, which is why he loves novels. “In the real world, villains too often succeed and heroes, too often die. … In novels you can move matters around … you get to show the best side of people. You get to show redemption, and forgiveness, and you get to show the parts of people that most of us never get to see.” – NPR
Ken Russell’s Dance Of The Seven Veils Accused Richard Strauss Of Being A Nazi Sympathizer
The Strauss family were outraged by the 1970 film, which aired on the BBC, and withdrew permission for Strauss’ music. Now it’s out of copyright, and showing again in England. – BBC
As Roman Polanski Wins Best Director, Actors Leave The Césars, Calling Him A Pedophile
While most of the César ceremony was predictable (and perhaps this was too), “the ceremony’s most notable moment was only indirectly related to what was happening on its stage, as Portrait Of A Lady On Fire star Adèle Haenel [and director Céline Sciamma, followed by other actors] pointedly walked out of the theater after the announcement of this year’s Best Director award, which went to convicted sexual abuser Roman Polanski.” – France24
An Iranian Director Barred From Leaving The Country Wins Berlin’s Golden Bear
Mohammed Rasoulof won the Berlin Film Festival’s highest honor for his film There Is No Evil, which is about the death penalty in Iran – and for which he was imprisoned and banned for life from making films. “Accepting the award on his behalf, producer Farzad Pak thanked ‘the amazing cast and crew who, put their lives in danger to be on this film.'” The Guardian (UK)
How Do Political Candidates Do When Their Usually Bad Dance Moves Go Viral?
Well, Tom Steyer did drop out after the South Carolina primaries, but it will be hard to forget what happened onstage the night before: “At a Friday night rally at historically black Allen University in Columbia, Steyer was joined onstage by Juvenile for a rendition of the rapper’s 1999 hit, ‘Back That AzzUp.’ Though the candidate did wield a mic, he largely left the verses to the pro (Steyer’s wife and daughter served as backup dancers). Footage of the spectacle was suddenly everywhere, in tweets, retweets, social media and news stories.” – Los Angeles Times
When You’ve Devoured Hilary Mantel, These Are The Historical Novels You Could Hit Up Next
Sure, yes, we all love (reading about) Thomas Cromwell, but there’s a lot more history out there. “A novel set centuries ago has a freedom denied to fiction that goes back only decades, to times for which we still have records or even memories. Some contemporary novelists clearly find historical distance a liberation.” – The Guardian (UK)