π₯ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Saturday Night Live,Television & radio,US television,Culture,Television,Sabrina Carpenter,TV comedy,Comedy π Hereβs what youβll learn: IIt was 50 years ago, to the day that Paul Simon hosted and was the musical guest for the second episode of NBC's then-nascent new series, then called Saturday Night on NBC. So, it's a cosmic twist of fate for Simone's televised duet partner to host the opening of the much-hyped 50th anniversary special, tonight, the third episode of the 51st season.Aside from her status as a pop hitmaker, Sabrina Carpenter has an acting…
π₯ Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Dance,Stage,Culture π‘ Main takeaway: CChoreographer Shobana Jeyasinghe originally moved to the UK in the early 1980s to study Shakespeare, so it's safe to say she engaged deeply with the playwright. It is a pity, then, that her final work, We Caliban, inspired by The Tempest, was unable to convey her rich ideas about this key character. We begin with a letter from Elizabeth I to Walter Raleigh from 1584, granting him license to invade and conquer foreign lands, and then maps of the Caribbean islands, their original…
π₯ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Period drama (TV),Jane Austen,Charlotte BrontΓ«,Andrew Davies,Emerald Fennell,Slavery,Books,Culture,UK news,Period and historical films,Drama,Television,Film π Hereβs what youβll learn: nNews that Andrew Davies - the man behind the country's most popular adaptation of Pride and Prejudice - is planning to have Jane Austen's Emma die in childbirth drew gasps from audiences at the Clifden Literary Festival last weekend. Davies plans to explore the dark undercurrents of Austen's work in adaptations of Emma and Mansfield Park and the unfinished novel The Watsons, and while his ideas may shock those fans…
π₯ Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Environment,Pollution,Green politics,Books,Crime π‘ Key idea: WWhenever you read, watch or listen to the news, you are likely to be exposed to stories of violence and murder. As a forensic psychologist, I am often asked to comment on these cases to discern the motives of the perpetrators. People want these kinds of visions because murders seem frightening and terrifying, but they're also strangely compelling. There is a level of focus and fascination, and the way these crimes are covered profoundly affects our perception of what the most pressing…
π₯ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Theatre,David Harewood,William Shakespeare,Othello,Culture,Stage,Chiwetel Ejiofor π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: βI had no intention of playing this character again. But as soon as the light went on, the house caught fire β and itβs been burning ever since.β David Harewood is talking about Othello, ahead of a new production from the Tony award-winning director Tom Morris that opens in Londonβs West End on 23 October. The production, which also features Toby Jones as Iago and Caitlin Fitzgerald as Desdemona, sees Harewood return to the role almost 30 years…
π Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Books,Culture,Business,Business and finance books,Economics,Economic policy,US economy,Stock markets π‘ Hereβs what youβll learn: AAndrew Ross Sorkin's first book, Too Big to Fail, was a bestseller about the 2008 financial crisis and was published the following year. His second book, 1929, out this week, takes readers "inside the greatest crash in Wall Street history β and how it shattered the nation."It's been 16 years between books, but Sorkin hasn't been idle. New York Times columnist, founder of DealBook Newsletter and Summit. He is co-anchor of CNBC's Squawk Box;…
π₯ Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Letitia Wright,Film,Black Panther,Theatre,Marvel,Culture,Stage β
Main takeaway: Days before we meet, Letitia Wright found herself cheek-by-jowl with a far-right march in London. This is the year when St Georgeβs flags have been displayed in suburban windows and tied to lamp-posts, and when thousands of people β some more intimidating than others, especially to people of colour β have marched on the centre of the capital and beyond. A friend of Wrightβs was visiting the city, and they had moseyed down to the South Bank, unaware of what awaited…
β¨ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Miles Kane,Music,Culture,Arctic Monkeys β
Key idea: The song I play at karaokeI don't like karaoke, but if I had a little vodka, I'd pick Frank Sinatra's My Way and absolutely crush it. I love the lyrics: βSorry, I've had a few / But again, too few to mention.β You know it's going to be a crowd pleaser. I like Robbie Williams' version too.Best song to play at a partyWhen I have people around, I'll put on some Motown. It takes me back to family parties where my…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Video art,Exhibitions,Art and design,Culture β
Hereβs what youβll learn: DShould exhibitions have meaning? The folks responsible for the vast wonderland of underground video art at 180 The Strand certainly don't think so. In the past they have been masters at immersive art fairs in London. Their debut, The Infinite Mix, in 2016, set a standard that all video art shows since have tried β and largely failed β to reach. This time, in the bowels of this massive concrete behemoth, they threw a whole bunch of video…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Stage,Marina AbramoviΔ,Performance art,Theatre,Art and design,Culture,Art,Dance,Folk dancing π Key idea: FActory International's Aviva Studios was created to do something like this. It is a space designed for volume, flexibility and form-defying experimentation, all of which apply to performance artist Marina Abramovic's ambitious, austere and sprawling new show, which dominates the entire space of the venue's vast warehouse space.The four-hour show gives audiences a journey through the folklore and rituals of the Balkans, bringing together traditions from across the region. There is dancing, singing and a variety of amazing…
