The British comedian’s encomium to the late prime minister has received lots of attention – for its thoughtfulness and a measure of grudging respect along with the criticism you’d expect from Brand.
Tag: 04.09.13
More Issues With Chinese Copyright Protections For Artists
“A case of international plagiarism has shone a spotlight on the ineffective laws that protect artists’ work from being copied in China.”
What’s In Willa Cather’s Letters That She Wanted To Hide? (Not That It Worked)
“She burned quite a few of her letters, and in her will she forbade publication of any that remained” – including excerpts or even quotes. “Presumably, she issued the no-quotes rule in order to protect to herself – her privacy, her reputation. Little did she know.”
1Q84, The Map And The Territory, Swamplandia! Among 2013 Impac Award Finalists
“Titans of international literature Haruki Murakami [1Q84] and Michel Houellebecq [The Map And The Territory] are going head-to-head on the shortlist for the €100,000 Impac award” – alongside, among others, Sjón’s From the Mouth of the Whale, Julie Otsuka’s The Buddha in the Attic, and Karen Russell’s Swamplandia!.
Waterstone’s Founder Launches E-Book Subscription Service
Tim Waterstone “is also about to return to bookselling as non-executive chairman of a new venture called Read Petite. … An online outlet for short-form ebooks (fiction and non-fiction), its users will pay a monthly subscription – ‘a few pounds’ – and have unlimited access to texts of around 9,000 words or under.”
But There’s A New Case Against Satirist Bassen Youssef
“A new investigation has been launched against satirist Bassem Youssef for allegedly insulting Islam, spreading atheism and insulting Pakistan. Youssef, who still faces a recent investigation for insulting President Mohamed Morsi and Islam, recently had a court case against his show overturned.”
Can Camp Help Us Deal With A Tragedy Like AIDS?
Of course it can. Exhibit A: Angels in America
Frank Gehry’s War On Paper
“Gehry hates paper. Not paper itself — just its use in architecture. His company, Gehry Technologies, has spent the last several decades developing a digital system for sharing and working on architectural plans and diagrams and other types of building information modeling, and now he’s trying to share it across the industry, with the help of a new collaboration with cloud-based storage service Box.”
Star Bolshoi Dancer Sues Company
Tsiskaridze accused the theatre of using an acid attack on its artistic director to conduct a “witch hunt” against him.
Nicholas Hytner To Leave London’s National Theatre
“The 56-year-old, who has been at the theatre for a decade, said he would leave at the end of March 2015.”