Performing Arts
Bring back the music ... without the hiss
Cutting edge audio technology allows old recordings by past masters to be stored for eternity and brought back to life…
Cause for alarmism?
Do powerful new measures introduced into British law with the Terrorism Act 2006, ostensibly to help the police and law…
The art of reinvention
Just what are the forces driving our obsession with the contemporary art of adaptation? For up until recently and historically,…
e-fac 1.0?
Whenever pondering e-books, I feel like a nanna with a wonky walking frame. In the clash between the ambivalent and…
The new diversity of superheroes - from Gotham City to Bollywood
That stalwart of superhero pulp, America's DC Comics, sent tongues a'wagging when they recently ressurected a long dead character. But…
What is “Sacred” Music, Anway?
Since the reforms of the 1960s (when the Second Vatican Council curtailed the use of Latin), Catholic parishes and dioceses…
Branding Culture
The idea that one city can have more culture oozing from it's Central Park than anywhere else has been fueling…
Entertaining the troops
Entertaining American troops in war torn countries was once a role taken very seriously by artitsts and celebrities. It carried…
Cultural Places: For a new demographic
"'New demographic' is a term blissfully unknown in the academic literature; Google Scholar, the standard source, contains not a single…
Art in the aftermath
In the aftermath of terrible disaster, art and artists often play a role in providing relief for trauma victims and…