“Probably no one will ever be sure what the purpose of Sismanidis’s building was, but the appellation ‘Aristotle’s Tomb’ will no doubt stick, and that will decide the issue. This is how modern archaeology most resembles medieval relic-hunting. Give a site a name and you give it instantaneous mythology.”
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Pierce Brosnan Raises Money For The London Theatre Where He Got His Start
“As a teenager he was a lonely Irish exile in south London, with limited expectations. That early life in England was changed completely by his contact with the Ovalhouse theatre club, an arts organisation he still supports and that later also helped develop the careers of playwright David Hare, actors Tim Roth and Meera Syal and musician Nitin Sawhney.”
If You Love Role Playing Games, Try These ‘LitRPG’ Books
“I’ve given up on childish fantasies of finding the One True Sword, or destroying the Ring of Power — those are myths. But video games are real. I’ve turned dollars into in-game gold, I’ve read the wikis, I’ve spent hundreds of hours grinding, I’ve abandoned work and family responsibilities, and I’ve ultimately quit in frustration.”
Inside The Music Treasure Trove Of A Genre Buster Who Died Too Young
“What what the paper archives make clear, through [Arthur] Russell’s personal notes — often written in small music-composition notebooks — is how much he sought to incorporate a conscious sense of openness and flexibility into his work. Some of his most useful notes, probably from the early 1980s, deal with ‘World of Echo.’ Here he wrestled with the idea of form and completeness in fascinating ways, often using the notation ‘p Idea’ (the p may have stood for parenthetical).”
Spanish Police Arrest Seven People Suspected Of Stealing Paintings By Francis Bacon
“The paintings were stolen last July, along with other valuables belonging to the owner, who is reported to have been a close friend of Bacon. The works, which comprise portraits and landscapes, are yet to be recovered.”
Why Is One Of The World’s Greatest Art Collections Hiding In Port Containers And Warehouses?
“With their controlled climates, confidential record keeping and enormous potential for tax savings, free ports have become the parking lot of choice for high-net-worth buyers looking to round out investment portfolios with art.”
All Your Songs Are Belong To Us
“Freed from the anguish of choosing, music listeners can discover all kinds of weird, nettlesome, unpleasant, sublime, sweet, or perplexing musical paths. These paths branch off constantly, so that by the end of a night that started with the Specials, you’re listening to Górecki’s Miserere, not by throwing a dart, but by following the quite specific imperatives of each moment’s needs, each instant’s curiosities.”
What Happens When A Regular Person’s Tweet Goes Viral?
“I think the Internet is like a broken slot machine. I didn’t put any money into it, I received all of its flashing, shrieking, beeping cacophony when I hit its jackpot, and no money came out. I wondered why I’d believed in this system at all.”