“Now, just as Internet television promises to make that competition more than a polite fiction, in swoops the CRTC with a form of price regulation. Second, it was a call that should have been left to industry: Surely it’s the job of the providers, not the regulator, to address unhappy customers – or face their cord-cutting wrath.”
Tag: 03.05.16
How Botticelli Went From An Artist To A Style To A Meme
“Successive generations of artists, designers and taste-makers have found that they too could repurpose Botticelli for their own ends without – and this is important and hard to explain – ever making him look trivial or banal.”
Rise Of The Women Conductors
“The choice of Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla Nelsons as a successor to the head of a major symphony orchestras in the UK is not an isolated phenomenon. It is part of a trend that is consolidating towards normality.” [Spanish]
A Bestiary Of Bosch
Under the headline “Art Goes to Hell,” the Times gives us an illustrated guide to the wonderfully bizarre creatures that populate (if that’s the word) Bosch’s paintings.
When (Women) Actors Age Onscreen
“I’ve gathered strength behind my years, I owned them, I’ve earned them, I’ve deserved them, I have a right to have them. And I don’t like my neck, I don’t like a lot of things but it’s OK, it’s OK.”
Hamilton Fans Are Creating A New Tourist Industry In New York
“Hamilton is having a moment,” said Anne Petrimoulx, the archivist of Trinity Church. While giving tours, she said,”I used to say, ‘You might recognize him from the ten-dollar bill.’ Now I say, ‘You might know him from the musical.'”
Downton Abbey Would Be Nothing, Or At Least Historically Inaccurate, Without This Guy
“Unbidden, he referred to Highclere Castle as ‘one of the ugliest houses in Britain’ and rolled his eyes at the mention of its current chatelaine, Lady Carnarvon. While watching a scene last spring via a monitor, he exploded in frustration when Elizabeth McGovern (playing Lady Grantham) walked toward a dinner guest with ‘ludicrous’ speed.”
A Norwegian Men’s Choir Unites In The Face Of The End Of Their ‘Real’ Jobs
“I recognized the Green Party leader, Espen Rotevatn, as the conductor in white gloves. Part of his political mission is to end coal mining on Svalbard forever; yet in his spare time he dons a miner’s outfit and leads his group to harmony.”
Cars Destroyed Our Ability To Understand – And Write About – The Land
“Travel was once a way to understand topography, but the modern road network often disengages us from it. Most of the time, all that’s visible from a motorway is fast-moving embankment or a half-mile strip of field.”
The Ghost Towns Of Tourist Europe
“Both Andermatt and Gran Canaria struck me as crumbling vestiges that signify a dying generation of tourism — the type of vacation destinations that present-day visitors still book through a travel agent.”