“The Music is Black: A British Story”

from RFI France From reggae to grime: how black music became synonymous with a British sound As a major exhibition retracing how music from Africa, the Caribbean and North America merged to make a distinctly British sound opens in London, Spotlight on Africa looks at...

Ms. Einstein

from The Mirror US ‘New Einstein’ vows to find ‘source code of universe’ and change everything Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski said, ‘I don’t want to make billionaires richer. I want to understand how the universe works’. She rejected Jeff Bezos and wants to...

Missing MySpace

from Deadline Myspace Co-Founder Chris DeWolfe Misses The “Serendipity” Of Social Media As Van Toffler-Produced Documentary Premieres By Peter White Myspace, which launched 2003, ushered in a joyous time for social media, where users discovered their favorite new band...

A Popularcalypse

from The New York Times The Apocalypse Goes Mainstream About 40 percent of American adults believe that we are living in the “end times,” according to a 2022 poll. Where did that idea come from? By Lauren Jackson The Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho, in August...

Andy Flying Low?

from the Wall Street Journal Warhol Is Out, Gulfstreams Are In: The Superrich Are Souring on Art Art sales are stagnant even though demand for private jets and luxury yachts is on a tear By Carol Ryan The value of Andy Warhol paintings sold at auction last year was...