“The most gifted German conductor for half a century is a hero in his own country and a shadow abroad. He has no artistic relationships beyond the German-speaking Heimatland and he is very seldom seen in London, Paris or New York. If Christian Thielemann is an important conductor, and he certainly is, the world ought to be hammering at his door. It isn’t. And therein lies a tale.”
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How Naked People Took Over Reality Television
VH1’s Dating Naked. The Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid. TLC’s Buying Naked. “Awkwardness, things jiggling or flapping, the possibility of sex, privacy undone, the prying lens – reality TV has always thrived on these elements. So ask not Why is everybody suddenly naked? Ask instead What took them so long?“
How An 18th-Century Philosopher Helped Solve My Midlife Crisis
Alison Gopnik: “Turning 50 and becoming bisexual and Buddhist did seem far too predictable – a sort of Berkeley bat mitzvah, a standard rite of passage for aging Jewish academic women in Northern California.” Then she discovered David Hume.