“Because Ms. Lee, who is 89 and famously private, will not be doing any publicity or bookstore appearances, booksellers are finding creative ways to draw in customers and capitalize on the widespread anticipation, with read-a-thons, midnight openings, film screenings, Southern food and discussion groups.”
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French Singer And Actress Magali Noël Was Muse To Fellini, And Much More
“Her daughter described Ms. Noel as ‘the muse of Federico.’
“‘It was a great relationship,’ she said. ‘Platonic or not at the start, I do not know.'”
The Underfunded, Disorganized Plan To Save Earth From The Next Giant Asteroid
“Unfortunately for the future of the world, the recent 2005 Congressional mandate to find NEOs on the order of 140 meters or larger within the decade appears to be floundering due to organizational and funding challenges.”
London Is Eating Itself. What Will Be Left?
“The spaces for work that are an essential part of the city’s economy are being squeezed, its high streets diminished, its pubs and other everyday places closing. It is suffering a form of entropy whereby the distinctive or special is converted into property values. Its essential qualities, which are that it was not polarised on the basis of income, and that its best places were common property, are being eroded.”
Public Art: Nuisance Or Blessing (Or Both)?
“Undistinguished work warrants critical drubbing; strong work is a catalyst for dialogue. Isn’t it the presenting organization’s role to stimulate that conversation? Doesn’t diverse opinion fulfill the ambitions of a democracy?”