Rachel Zar offers a five-point plan.
Tag: 04.16.16
Syria’s Greatest Writer Says Arabs Must Separate Religion And The State
Adonis: “In the [European] Middle Ages, the ecclesiastical courts were just like the jihadists today. They killed people and burned them. But the West succeeded in separating church from state, and created modern societies. And if the West was successful in this separation then there is no reason to prevent the Arabs from separating [the two] as well. … If we do not distinguish between what is religious and what is political, cultural, and social, nothing will change and the decline of the Arabs will worsen.”
Barn Renovation Leads To Discovery Of Important Roman Villa
The electricians started drilling and hit a hard layer 18 inches below the surface. It was found to consist of pieces of mosaic. “We knew the significance of that straight away,” added Irwin. “No one since the Romans has laid mosaics as house floors in Britain. Fortunately we were able to stop the workmen just before they began to wield pickaxes to break up the mosaic layer.”
Modern British Writers Say Happy 200th Birthday To Charlotte Brontë
“The Lowood episode is the most frightening boarding school story ever written, and, of course, all children, me included, think they are friendless, persecuted and despised, and identify with the poor orphan.”
Is Theatre Killing Itself By Being Obsessed With Hits (And Money)?
Playwright David Hare: “When I was young, British theatre was like a tree in which many different birds could nest. But now it’s just for the hawks.”
Game Of Thrones As Immersive, Interactive Art Exhibit? Sure, Why Not
“‘It’s going to be aggressive to stand in front of because it’s 12-feet-tall and glowing red,’ said designer Ashley Walker.”
Will TV ‘Pay For Play’ Casting Workshops Actually Change?
“The idea of a committee to explore ways to stop the abuse is a good one – but means nothing if there’s no way to enforce anything that comes out of the committee.”
The Other Mapplethorpe’s Oeuvre Is Slightly Different
“Edward could have chosen a profession that wouldn’t engender comparisons, but he believed, in a lapsed Catholic sort of way, that he was destined to get to know his brother through a shared vocation.”
The Classicist Who Thinks We Can Actually Beat Internet Trolls
“She responded, battling back her antagonists and becoming something of a folk hero in the process. Now her engagements often combine her two pursuits, as her talk at Women in the World did: tracing the history of misogyny from the ancient world to today.”
Yannick? Philly’s Not Worried About Losing Him To The Met (Where The Musicians May Want Someone Else)
“We very much want Yannick to be here for a long time, and I believe that he wants to be here for a very long time,” says the chairman of the Philadelphia Orchestra, which has signed YNS through 2021-22. In any case, members of the Met’s orchestra are said to favor another candidate – one who has already directed an opera company.