In secondary school, “he played cricket and rugby for the first teams; won medals for swimming and boxing … played golf and tennis, ran, cycled and motorcycled. He loved diving from high rocks. He followed many of these sports with interest, even passion throughout his life.”
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Hadrian’s Wall Becomes ‘World’s Longest Artwork’
“Connecting Light will consists of 450 giant balloons fitted with LED lights, hovering above the Roman structure … The balloons will transmit ‘messages’ to each other that translate into different colours. As the messages move from one balloon to another, the installation will become a line of pulsating colours stretching into the distance.”
Coming Soon: Artificial Vocal Cords?
“A team of US scientists believe they will be able to test the synthetic tissue, which would be injected into damaged vocal cords, next year. They said animal tests had shown it was safe.”
Australian Arts Funding Review Bombshell
The review acknowledges that “since its inception the Australia Council has played a central role in ensuring the vitality and resilience of the Australian arts sector”. Exactly. But this successful outcome has been the product of the very system they now propose dismantling.
Small And Mid-Size Canadian Arts Groups Camp Out
“Founded in a surge of national cultural enthusiasm that began in the 1950s and 1960s and peaked in the 1970s, Canadian performance groups are often housed in heritage buildings that were repurposed for their use in the 1970s and 1980s.”
An Appreciation Of Director Tony Scott
“Tony Scott, who died on Sunday at 68, apparently from suicide, was one of the most influential film directors of the past 25 years, if also one of the most consistently and egregiously underloved by critics.”
Syria’s Cultural Heritage Is Being Destroyed
“Throughout the country, Roman temples, Crusader castles and medieval mosques have been subject to shelling, gunfire and military occupation. What is more, the collapse of authority has led to widespread theft and looting.”
West Australian Ballet Names Belgian As Next Artistic Director
“Aurelien Scannella will take the reins at the company from January, having worked for several years as a freelance ballet master and rehearsal director in companies across Europe. He replaces [Ivan] Cavallari, an Italian dancer and choreographer who started with the WA Ballet in 2007.”
Why Phyllis Diller Was Great: She Didn’t Give A Damn
“The way she delivered the lines made it clear that although she was making a joke about herself, she was not making a joke of herself. In fact, the joke was the joke – it was funny to see her fretting about her looks, or her cooking, or her marriage, because it was so clear that she did not care, and neither, by the way, should you.”
Classical Music Critic Donal Henahan Dead At 91
The Pulitzer Prize-winning who worked at the Chicago Daily News (1947-67) and The New York Times(1967-91), who was also “an accomplished pianist and classical guitarist, reviewed operas, concerts and recitals for the daily newspaper and wrote longer-form essays on a wide range of cultural subjects.”