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‘Everything connects to everything else’

We asked David Morley how the design of creative writing programs can reflect the industry’s current challenges.

David Morley | 5 Mar 2012

What is opera?: Operas and Their Worlds, Finale

Editor’s Note: In Act I, Opera author Robert Cannon gave us a primer on the powerful tools imparted by opera’s  unique combination of drama and music. In Act II, he took us deeper into the art...

Robert Cannon | 2 Mar 2012

Learning From the Global Financial Crash

It has been two years since the financial crash that wreaked so much havoc in global economies. Yet have we learned the main lessons and implemented the necessary steps to avoid another? Is it even possible?

Johan A. Lybeck | 28 Feb 2012

Dickens in Film, Dickens as Film: Why ‘Realism’ Gives Boz a Bad Name

Obviously, there have been zillions of films adapted from Dickens novels; in fact, they were a very popular subject for early films. Not only were his novels translated into films from the very beginning...

Jon Mee | 24 Feb 2012

Elizabeth Price Foley interview

Elizabeth Price Foley sits down with Glenn Reynolds to talk The Tea Party, the 800 pound gorilla in the room, and the principles that make the movement tick. Check out the video here. Read More ?

23 Feb 2012

The Creative Society in America: A Q&A with Louis Galambos

Doctors, lawyers, teachers. From business to health care, professionals are everywhere in America, but their contributions to the nation’s development are often relegated to the backdrop of history. Read More ?

22 Feb 2012

What is Opera? Act II: Operas and Their Worlds

The five extracts I previously suggested all come from different genres and periods, ranging from Handel in the early eighteenth-century to Wagner at the end of the nineteenth. Not only that, but where...

Robert Cannon | 17 Feb 2012

The Tea Party: A Q&A with Recovering Liberal Elizabeth Price Foley

With no unified slogan, office, or central organizing committee authority, the tea party seems to defy definition. But as tea partiers decide whom to support for the Republican nomination, the principles...

15 Feb 2012

Valentines from Ernest Hemingway

What would it be like to get a love letter from one of America’s greatest writers?

13 Feb 2012

Wrap up Charles Dicken’s Birthday Week

Oliver Twisted Sister! Nicholas Nickelback! Bleak House of Pain! Head on over to Twitter to wrap up Dicken’s birthday week with some #musicaldickens Read More ?

10 Feb 2012

Carnevale in Venice: Indulging in the Floating City’s Treats

As winter mists envelope Venice’s exotic skyline, with domes, rooftops, and towers retreating mysteriously like ghostlike forms, celebrations of Carnival cut through the fog and bring the floating city...

Joanne M. Ferraro | 10 Feb 2012

Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens!

Happy birthday, Charles Dickens! The beloved novelist, social commentator, and travel writer (among his many hats) would have turned 200 today, and his fans are celebrating all year long with events around...

7 Feb 2012