The 20th century started, musically at least, in Vienna. Actually, much of the century started in Vienna. Not so much the visual arts, because while there was lots going on with the Vienna Secession painters—Klimt, Schiele and Kokoschka—and the Wiener Werkstatte Arts and Crafts developments, these didn’t really travel outside of Vienna for some time. […]
Archive | January 20, 2013
Note to Tebow fans: Heisman quarterbacks seldom succeed in the NFL
Sigh. They’re at it again. The problem with agreeing with the right wingnuts is they still get mad at you if you don’t agree in exactly the right way. And so it was that my column supporting Tim Tebow still drew flak from the Tebowistas, who reminded me again that he was a “bigger, faster, […]
Winter Dreams: An unsolicited review of Adam Gopnik’s Winter
Winter in London sucks—there’s no other way to put it. It’s grey, unpleasant, cold and muggy. Coming here from New England winters took some adjustment. Paul Fussell opened his book Abroad, on expatriate English writers after the First World War, with a discussion of how much everyone hated the weather, and the pressing need most […]
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