“Pitted against nine other titles – from Zadie Smith’s On Beauty to Eimear McBride’s A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing – Adichie’s novel of the Biafran war … has been named the best winner of the [Baileys] women’s prize for fiction of the last decade – by both the public and a 10-strong judging panel.”
Tag: 11.02.15
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.02.15
From Vaudeville to the Streets
Eleven dancers take the stage at NYU Skirball Center in Donald Byrd’s The Minstrel Show Revisited. They’re strutting, prancing, raising white-gloved hands. How come I don’t recognize any faces? I can hardly tell which are women and which are men. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2015-11-02
More by Mustill: A Smokin’ Victorian and an ‘EVENT’
Finding lost and uncollected artworks by the late Norman O. Mustill has been a continuing project here. An old friend of his, Kurt Wold, recently … read more
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2015-11-02
Dreams so real
Paul Hindemith once called America “the land of limited impossibilities.” My own life has been a string of increasingly extreme improbabilities, and every once in a while something happens that cause me to stop dead in my tracks and reflect on just how improbable certain of them have been. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-11-02
A Day to Forget
I love Paris. I have visited this city more than thirty times over the last sixty years, and I will continue to love it even after today. I have a warning, however, that might alert … read more
AJBlog: OperaSleuth Published 2015-11-02
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Can ‘Entry-Level’ Classical Concerts Please A Pop Music Fan?
“To me Bach was the soundtrack to dry winter assemblies, the intricacies of the music merely a measure by which to display and applaud proficiency. I was a devout pop kid and there was nothing inclusively sexy about classical music – I was far more likely, one day, to get drunk with Blur than Brahms.”
What’s The Point Of Nonfiction Books When You Can Look Everything Up Online?
“The information may be finite and fixed but it can be has been specially selected which makes it have more coherence. This can give readers an experience that is different from searching the internet but equally satisfying.”
Is It OK To Use Music As A Primary Way To Regulate Your Mood?
“Studies like this emphasize how particular our engagement with music can be. In the past, entire genres like punk or heavy metal were accused of being inherently damaging to adolescents’ mental health. The reality is likely much more complicated. Some may seek out Metallica’s rapid riffs and screeching guitars to gain solace; others may vent anger through Mozart.”
Yes, Tourists Should Darn Well Pay To Visit UK Museums
“It is ludicrous that visitors who are paying tour operators, airlines and hotels, pay nothing to Britain’s museums and art galleries. When you visit a museum as part of a tour party, you are imposing on others. The arrival of a large crowd in front of a museum treasure is disruptive for other visitors. A group can effectively take over an entire room of a museum while the guide gives a lecture. The least you can do, if you visit a museum in this way, is pay entrance fees.”
Sarah Vowell On What The Founding Fathers Were Really Like
“How could you not think you were special if you, with the help of the king of France, beat the British army? You’re just these little nothing colonists and you triumph over one of the most powerful empires in the history of the world. How could you not get a big head about that?”
Check Your Ballet Ticket Carefully Before You Buy It, Because Resale Sites Have Discovered The Arts
“‘As our Nutcracker becomes more successful and the number of sold-out Nutcracker performances grows, so do the number of ticket resellers,’ Clark said. ‘And they’re selling them at significantly higher prices.'”
Theatres In The UK Try To Make Up For Funding Cuts With More Expensive Tickets
“Prices rose much faster than overall inflation, which was around 1.5% between 2013 and 2014. But the rising prices did not stop people going to shows. More than 18 million tickets were sold in 2014 – up 2.4% since 2013.”
Ice Age Art Found In Britain For The First Time
“Archaeologists are in the early stages of analysing the finds, but estimate them to be at least 14,000 years old. This places the camp among the earliest in northern Europe after the freeze.”