"Diversity data is not considered when applications are checked for eligibility, so we do not think unconscious bias is playing a role. However, as an organisation we recognise the importanc…
In these sprawling but welcoming communities, readers have found one another, banding together in a global, aesthetically pleasing book club that's open for discussion 24/7. More than 33 mil…
Libraries are certainly having a moment. In the past few years dozens of new high-profile libraries have opened close to home and across the world. And they certainly don't resemble the book…
The controversy exploded into a national and international story, with historians, politicians, educators, artists and others arguing that the board was whitewashing an important artwork, an…
"We tend to think of aesthetic disputes as reflecting the least substantive differences between people"you like vanilla, I like chocolate, there's no arguing over taste, let's move on. But t…
Dale Cockrell's "Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in in New York 1840-1917" is important.
"At college, we were assigned Barthes's S/Z , which made me understand what I could do in radio. … In S/Z, Barthes takes apart a short story by Balzac, line by line. He asks: How does this…
For Australian philosopher Roman Krznaric, author of Carpe Diem Regained, the "hijacking [of carpe diem] is an existential crime of the century"and one we have barely noticed." Krznaric is c…
As e-mail was taking over the modern office, researchers in the theory of distributed systems were also studying the trade-offs between synchrony and asynchrony. As it happens, the conclusio…
After a half-decade of near unchecked dominance in the premium streaming video space that allowed it to aggressively poach entertainment's top executives and A-list creative talent, the comp…
On some future day, the solution for what now seems like an insurmountable problem might in hindsight seem as obvious as mounting a motor on four wheels seems in 2019. " Baltimore Sun
At the most basic level, Brexit raises concerns about the ability of musicians to tour overseas. And unless you're The Rolling Stones or Beyonce, touring teams don't come much bigger or work…
Peter Marks: "I was curious about how an actor of color might approach entering a world not written for someone who looked like them, but I realized the question was riddled with absurdity. …
Hallstatt, a pretty lakeside hamlet of 800 people, got 19,344 tour buses last year (that's an average of 53 a day, year-round) and more than a million visitors. Residents have encountered st…
"Among the goods seized in the multinational operation, which was dubbed Pandora III and organised by Europol, were an ancient Mesopotamian crystal cylinder seal, a 15th-century bible that h…
"More and more, critics are going beyond reviews that focus on musicality and technique to report on problems concerning diversity, politics, and workplace culture. Independent publications …
Lidiya Yankovskaya (a fine example of the phenomenon herself): "In addition to their traditional duties within established institutions, an increasing number of conductors run independent or…
In tests, JPMorgan Chase found that Persado's machine-learning tool crafted better ad copy than its own writers could muster, as measured by the higher click rates"more than double in some c…
"'It was just not what we expected.' 'I was depressed by the time I left.' '… the tour was more of a scolding of the old South.' 'The brief mentions of the former owners were defamatory.' …
There are two questions surrounding artists and their archives. Why do artists keep them? And what is worth keeping? " The New York Times
"Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey, who is supervising the show's development, told German fansite Deutsche Tolkien that the estate has refused to allow the series to be set during any period othe…
It seems there's a moral spectrum in play: Scientists found that people would probably lie if they thought a big corporation, like say, Starbucks or Walmart, would foot the bill for the dece…
"To find another ballet dancer who expanded his or her range with such fortitude and ferocity, you'd have to go back to Mikhail Baryshnikov. But he transitioned into modern dance after his b…
The movie review aggregation site is only as good as the critics it aggregates. But are the critics representative of the real movie audience? Assuredly not. So there's a problem. How to fix…
Lyn Gardner: "Science … can give us the facts or the knowledge. But as a species we don't always respond to facts because they make us feel guilty and paralysed. What we respond to as huma…