No Mo’ Brit Lit

from The Telegraph University scraps English literature degree as ‘no longer viable’ Canterbury Christ Church University blames a decline in applicants as it drops the subject for new students A 1483 woodcut shows Chaucer’s pilgrims en route to Canterbury Canterbury...

SamGPT

from The U.S. Sun AI bot ChatGPT will be smarter than any human on Earth ‘in a few thousand days’ as boss issues spooky update But how long is “a few thousand days”? The Sun breaks it down for you below. by Millie Turner, Senior Technology & Science...

Gregorian Revival

from Sherwood Lo-fi music conquered YouTube. Now it’s got a rising religious niche. Who knew lo-fi mixed with snippets of Gregorian chant could be so good — and profitable? by Sophia Smith Galer One Nun Praying Near Group of Nuns I needed some sweet baptized beats,”...

Pillow-smotherers

from Tablet Magazine A Cancellation Trilogy Jews take the lead in a new literary art form: The cancel-culture novel BY SHELUYANG PENG TABLET MAGAZINE Nothing stifles great art like censorship, whether through overt acts by government censors or through acts of...

Magritte $121mm

from AFP Magritte painting nets auction record of $121 million New York (AFP) – A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million at Christie’s in New York. A painting by Rene...