“Two years ago Samantha Shannon was a shy 19-year-old intern. 480 pages and a £100,000 advance later, ‘The Bone Season’ looks set to become a global bestseller and she’s being likened to JK Rowling.”
Tag: 08.11.13
Report: Welsh Language Is Dying
“The findings echo recent census figures, which revealed that the number of people in Wales able to speak their own language fell from 21 per cent in 2001 to 19 per cent in 2011.”
Ticket Sales Recover At Edinburgh Fringe After Off-Year During Olympics
“Ticket sales fell last year for only the second time in more than a decade. The dip was put down to the effect of the Olympic Games in London which clashed with the first nine days of the festival.”
Movie Audiences Drifting Away From 3D
“In general, filmgoers in North America — having sampled three-dimensional viewing in films as breathtaking as “Avatar” and “Life of Pi,” — are drifting back to conventional theaters.”
NYC – The Picky Fringe
“Rejecting the free-for-all spirit of many fringe festivals, it fields about 850 applications a year and has always winnowed them by jury.”
The Discipline It Takes To Be A Bolshoi Dancer
“It is a rare privilege, too, to watch a teacher such as Boris Akimov, himself a famous Bolshoi dancer, nurture and coax the company to push themselves through the routines that he devises both to keep their interest and to keep their skill levels soaring high.”
New York Loses Residents At A Fast Rate (But Gains So Many More Who Move There)
“From 2000-2010, the New York MSA lost over 1.3 million people. On net during that Census decade, 80,000 more people moved from NYC to Philadelphia than the other way around. Over that same time period, Detroit bled about 215,000 people. New York City is six times the failure that Detroit is in terms of attraction.”
Is Your New Online Friend A ‘Bot?
“Socialbots are tapping into an ever-expanding universe of social media. Last year, the number of Twitter accounts topped 500 million. Some researchers estimate that only 35 percent of the average Twitter user’s followers are real people. In fact, more than half of Internet traffic already comes from nonhuman sources like bots or other types of algorithms.”
Are Our Arts Institutions Losing Their Personalities?
“In the process of adapting, our cultural treasuries are multitasking too much, becoming more alike, and shedding the very characteristics that made them so special — especially art museums.”