The pillar of steam “is planned to rise 1.2m (2 km) into the air above the Wirral waterfront on the Mersey, standing at Birkenhead’s East Dock directly opposite the Pier Head in Liverpool.”
Tag: 06.01.12
Why The U.S. Should (Or Shouldn’t) Have A Monarch
In all the splendor of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, the U.S. might be feeling a little left out. What do we miss out on by not having a queen (or king)?
The Return Of Oprah (Or, At Least, The Book Club)
Publishers rejoice across the land (and possibly across the world) as Oprah Winfrey brings back her book club, revamped for the digital age and ready to confer crazy great sales on every book she touches.
BBC’s Radio 4 To Refocus Programming On Arts And Culture
“Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams is to refocus the network’s schedule on arts and culture which she said has been overshadowed by the recent emphasis on global political and economic uncertainties.”
Restitution In Reverse: Court Orders Nazi Victim’s Family To Return Artifact To German Museum
“[In] this case, according to court papers, the precious 3,200-year-old Assyrian artifact” – a small gold tablet with an inscription – “had been looted, not from the survivor, but from the Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin, at the close of World War II.”
New Manhattan Cabaret Wants To Be ‘Broadway’s Living Room’
54 Below – in the space below what used to be the nightclub Studio 54 – opens next week with with a fortnight of shows by Broadway royalty Patti LuPone. “[The club’s] aim is to tilt the axis of the city’s unpredictably evolving cabaret world” away from the old jazz standards and toward modern musical theater.