Bloodswept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London, marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain’s involvement in the First World War; via HPR
Links from the past week:
The Poetry of WWI
From poems written in the trenches to elegies for the dead.
Book Review: ‘Seeking the North Star’ by John R. Silber
The rare academic administrator with a backbone.
Highbrow, Lowbrow, Middlebrow — Do These Kinds of Cultural Categories Mean Anything Anymore?
Audiences may trade up, but producers need those who are lower down.
Shakespeare’s Conservatism
Hierarchy was good and rebels were evil.
Drama at the Opera
The trouble at the Met isn’t over yet.
Liberals Are Killing Art
What is at stake is art’s freestanding power.
Co-op saves elevator made famous by Tom Hanks
A well-known executive editor is involved.
From our pages:
Ivan Illich, 1926-2002
Reconsidering the Austrian priest, philosopher, and social critic.