“We’re in a culture right now of sharing your experience. It all harkens back to the first point, in 2007, when two things happened simultaneously: Apple announced its first iPhone, which literally put a computer into every person’s hands, and Facebook came out of its university setting to become public, so that you could find out for the first time, on a 24/7 basis, what your colleagues, friends, neighbors, and family members were up to, and get their input on what they were doing with their leisure time.”
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Rethinking The BBC – What Should It Become?
“This is a consultation that is very much about the BBC’s place in the broadcasting and media market. To what extent should the BBC, which has expanded enormously over the last 20 years, stay as it is?”
UK Education Secretary Walks Back Comments About Arts Education
During an event hosted by the Creative Industries Federation, Morgan said that the speech she made in November – which drew fierce criticism from the cultural sector – was intended to encourage pupils to study science, technology, engineering and maths, rather than discourage them from the arts.
How Do You Get More Dance In Rural Areas? Here’s One Plan
“The Rural Touring Dance Initiative, a three-year project, has been launched by the National Rural Touring Forum and seeks to address an under-representation of dance in rural areas. A report by Arts Council England in March found just 2% of national portfolio dance companies toured to rural regions in 2012 and 2013.”
How A Great Editor Can Have A Profound Impact On A Great Author’s Work
Contrary to the myth that authors work best in lonely isolation, the truth is that editors or close advisers have often quietly shaped great books. The 20th century brought the rise of the professional, interventionist editor.
Salzburg Festival Makes Big Cuts In Budget, Performances
After an eight-percent budget cut down to 60 million euros ($65.2 million, £41.8 million), the 95th edition will feature only 188 performances compared with 270 last year.
Wow – Did The Emmys Suddenly Become Relevant Again?
“The full list of Emmy nominations is very long. As always, the snubs are bizarre – what about HBO’s The Leftovers? But what’s truly bizarre is that the list looks almost up-to-date with the vast amount of great TV, and legitimate.”
Think You Can Train Your Brain Into A Better Memory? (Then Read This)
One writer tries all of the new tricks and tips and advice on how to improve her memory. Did she get better? Of course. But not necessarily at remembering things.
How This Year’s Emmy Nominations Reflect (Or Don’t) The New TV Landscape
“It’s a curious situation—though the Emmys should be commended for acknowledging the wide landscape of quality TV available online, the awards seem to have lost interest in the kind of primetime network dramas that would have been mainstays in the 1980s and ’90s.”
Venice Mayor Bans Children’s Books With Same-Sex Families; Italian Authors Say ‘Then Ban Us, Too’
Luigi Brugnano said, “At home parents can be called Dad One and Dad Two, but I have to think about the majority of families where there is a mother and a father.” 263 writers responded, “Kindly ban our books as well. We don’t want to stay in a city where the books of others are banned.”