“I didn’t like them very much and I don’t think they approved of me very much, either. But they were stuck with me and I was stuck with them, you know, until I was 18. … I just don’t think we were the right people for each other.”
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Baking Bread With Virginia Woolf
“Where Woolf hesitated to praise her own writing, she wasn’t nearly so shy about her talent for baking. … Bread was her specialty, particularly a traditionally British double-decker creation: the snowmanesque cottage loaf.”
An Artifact Of Aleppo’s Happier Days
“At The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., there is moving evidence of an earlier, more peaceful time in that now-beleaguered Syrian hub: photographs of 19th century women in gold-trimmed velvet jackets, flowing pants and, on their heads, finely woven skull caps. One such small and brimless cap, made in 1800, is on display at the museum.”
Quantum Physics Takes Over Even Our Sense Of Smell
“A controversial theory that the way we smell involves a quantum physics effect has received a boost, following experiments with human subjects. It challenges the notion that our sense of smell depends only on the shapes of molecules we sniff in the air.”
Royal Shakespeare Co. To Stage Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Novels
“The RSC [has] won the rights to stage versions of Hilary Mantel’s two blockbusting novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. … The books are being adapted for the stage by Mike Poulton and will be directed by Jeremy Herrin in the Swan theatre [in Stratford].”
Ai Weiwei Can Turn Even Mourning Into A Subversive Act
“How do we honor the dead? How do we commit them to memory? And how do we come to terms with the way they died?” Especially when they died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that Chinese authorities tried to cover up.
Cultures Clash Backstage In Australian-Chinese Co-Production
“It was probably inevitable that the Australian and Chinese performers of Cho Cho, a confronting adaptation of Madame Butterfly, would experience a clash of cultures before they took to the stage. … But they didn’t expect to be lost in translation quite so quickly – from the moment the Chinese actors saw their costume and make-up designs.”
Battle Over Broadway Shows At Orlando’s Planned Arts Center
“There’s a battle over Broadway in Orlando. The leaders of the new Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts say they’re going to bypass the city’s long-time Broadway show presenter, the Florida Theatrical Association, to save money.”
Tattooed Composer/Professor Running Third In Czech Presidential Poll
“With no political experience and little knowledge of economics, performing arts professor Vladimir Franz was already an unlikely candidate for the Czech Republic presidential election. The fact that 90 per cent of his body is covered in tattoos makes it even more surprising that not only is he standing for election – he currently stands third in the polls.”
Is Umami The Key To Human Happiness?
“Although glutamate was discovered in 1908, it wasn’t until the 1980s that it came to be described as ‘umami’, the fifth flavor. It is a savory taste, to go along with our other flavors of sweet, salty, bitter and sour. … Our hero scientist Dr. Kanye West (no, the other Kanye West) wonders: is there a link between umami and human happiness?”