From the beginning, in fact, Berners-Lee understood how the epic power of the Web would radically transform governments, businesses, societies. He also envisioned that his invention could, in the wrong hands, become a destroyer of worlds, as Robert Oppenheimer once infamously observed of his own creation.
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Tracking Down A Father’s Actions Through His Favorite Novels
What does it say about a dad that he adores the original Swedish noir? “Sjöwall and Wahlöö didn’t just inspire other Scandinavian writers to embrace the murder mystery: they shaped the genre so completely that all of their descendants bear their eccentricities. The Martin Beck series is bizarre, a fitting starting point for what has become a multimillion-dollar industry selling other bizarre, exasperating books.”
The Man Booker Prize Turns 50, Flawed But Still The Best Judge Of English-Language Literature
Or is it? “AL Kennedy, an otherwise seasoned critic, was moved to declare the prize ‘a pile of crooked nonsense’ in which the winner was decided by ‘who knows who, who’s sleeping with who, who’s selling drugs to who, who’s married to who, and whose turn it is.'”
Great Protest Music Outlasts Its Time (And Then Comes Around Again)
“Truly great works build a bridge not only between the concerns of their time and a longer historical struggle, but also between the performer’s feelings and the common well of human sentiment. The most consequential protest songs get referenced again and again for a reason: their power, both felt and understood, never dies.”
How *Lady Bird* Made A Star Out Of Its Main Character’s Best Friend
Beanie Feldstein played the titular character’s best friend Julie – and she stole most of the scenes she was in, with people tweeting “I want a movie about Julie!” Instead, Feldstein landed her first lead role. “As soon as we saw her in Lady Bird, we knew we’d both found Johanna and seen someone who was going to be a superstar. … From the moment you see her, you root for her.”
Here’s A Real Surprise: Dancing Can Help People Feel Healthy And Confident
That’s obvious for anyone who has ever danced, but the two-year study dove deep on children and teens aged 10-20 from underserved populations in England. “Findings from the final report describe dance as a valuable way of empowering young people who live in deprived urban areas to be proactive in improving their health and well-being.”
Liliane Montevecchi, Who Fled American TV And Movies For The Stage (And Won A Tony), Has Died At 85
She was 50 when she was cast in Nine, which was based on Fellini’s movie 8 1/2. “The role of the movie producer had been written for a man, but the character was reworked so Ms. Montevecchi, who didn’t fit anywhere else in the show, could be cast. In ‘Folies Bergère,’ her big number, she reveled in the joys of the good old days of show business, stopped to chat flirtatiously with audience members and ended up gloriously wrapped in a 30-foot-long black feather boa.”
Turning A Cow Barn Into An Avant Garde Art Gallery
It takes a bit of work, and it flies in the face of art critics’ expectations. “Retired farmer Stephen Dale is challenging the assumption that modern art is best appreciated by city dwellers. A run of exhibitions staged by the 74-year-old at the free public art gallery he set up two years ago in Checkley, near Hereford, have now drawn big names from the art world and proved the scale of an appetite for the unexpected in the countryside.”
In Europe, Military Theatre Follows Americans To Their Many Bases – But It’s An Endangered Species
Theatre on and for military bases has a long history in the U.S. “‘Entertainment for the soldier, by the soldier’ has been part of the US military since the American Revolution. Following the camp shows of the Civil War, military-based theatre was borne during WWI with the involvement of Irving Berlin, who, as a soldier, wrote and performed in Yip Yip Yaphank, an all-soldier musical tribute to the Army. Berlin continued his support of the military during WWII with This Is the Army.” But can it survive in an era of streaming?
Musicians Who Boycott Israel Find Themselves Out Of Work In Germany
Germany, of course, is walking a tightrope of history. “As Germany struggles with increasing attacks on Jews and Israel is under pressure for killings of protesters along its border with Gaza, a growing clash over B.D.S. is spilling over into the cultural scene. It has divided art and music festivals that aim to foster cultural dialogue, and even sparked a feud between the mayor of Munich and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.”