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British Library Puts A Million Images On Flickr For Public Use

“In an inspired gesture to encourage digital crowdsourcing, the British Library has uploaded one million scans from 17th- to 19th-century books to Flickr for public domain use.”

Novelist Hugh Nissenson, 80

“[His] books were immersive journeys that often explored religion, particularly Judaism, often to high praise by reviewers. They were not strong sellers, however, and throughout his life Mr. Nissenson struggled with depression … But he never stopped writing.”

New Zealand Gives More Tax Breaks For Avatar Sequels

Kiwi taxpayers will cover 25% of the cost for three new films.

Russians Really Have Become Ruder, Says Study

“Russians have become more conflict-prone, angrier and ruder and have largely lost the ability to control themselves, according to the findings of research into the psychological profile of a typical Russian from 1981 to 2011. Andrey Yurevich, the deputy head of the Institute of Psychology at the Russian Academy of Sciences, talks about the study’s results.”

Is This The Choreographers’ App We Never Dared Hope For?

Meet Jeff Whiting, choreographer/director and creator of Stage Write, “an app which makes documenting stage blocking and choreography a fast, fluid, clinical and permanent affair.”

Toe Care Secrets Of The Royal Ballet

You might be appalled – or impressed – at the materials these dancers repurpose for use in their ballet slippers.

Ireland Creates A Fiction Writer Laureate Position

“Now that it’s exiting from the foreign bailout program, Ireland is making a new investment: in fiction. The country’s Arts Council has announced that it is creating a Laureate for Irish Fiction, ‘to promote Irish literature nationally and internationally and to encourage the public to engage with high-quality Irish fiction’.”

Author: Matthew Westphal