Young classical choreographers
As some of my dancing friends reach their early thirties, I often wonder at what point the press will cease to call them ‘young’ or ‘upcoming’. But I’ve discovered that…
Exclusive claptrap
Let us rebel against poisonous academics and their preposterous claptrap of exclusion is an article by Robert Fisk about the way academics litter their disciplines with language that serves to…
Music to have a coup d’état by
“During the 1991 coup attempt in Russia…Moscow TV programmes gave way to a looped broadcast of Swan Lake. the coup collapsed two days later amid mass protests and divided military…
Goodbye IE7
I tried hard to like it, but ironically IE7 made me realise how much better Firefox is, and I’m now a Firefox zealot. It was all the websites that started…
Raymonda revisited
“From Saracens to Socialites” is an interesting article in The Australian about Stephen Baynes’ new production of Raymonda for Australian Ballet which opens in Melbourne on Tuesday. Corrie Perkin in…
IE7 – love it or hate it?
You can tell it’s raining, I just downloaded IE7, mainly because I’m keeping up with the Jones(es) who’s had it for ages. On balance, I think I hate it moderately.…