German pianist Lars Vogt calls Schumann's Piano Concerto the most important of all the great Romantic concertos. Vogt spoke with Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Newhouse about what he calls the magic of Schumann -- his well-documented mental illness jockeying with
While the rest of the world is fighting Adipose and travelling to Pompeii, the BBC have begun filming for this years Christmas Special. The South Wales Argus has released photos of filming taking place in St Woolos cemetery in Newport.
By Robert GottliebTravels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947â€"1962: The Wayward Bus / Burning Bright / Sweet Thursday / The Winter of Our Discontent / Travels with Charley in Search of Americaby John SteinbeckThe extraordinary thing about John Steinbeck is
By Robert SkidelskyMaking Globalization Workby Joseph E. StiglitzMaking Globalization Work is the third of Joseph Stiglitz's popular, and populist, books. Like Jeffrey Sachs, Stiglitz is an economist turned preacher, one of a new breed of secular evangelists produced by the
By Raymond BonnerEight O'Clock Ferry to the Windward Side: Seeking Justice in Guantánamo Bayby Clive Stafford SmithThe One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11by Ron SuskindDetainee 002: The Case of David Hicksby Leigh SalesThe Terrorist
By Stanley WellsShakespeare's Wifeby Germaine GreerIt is now over two hundred years since the discovery of a love letter written by William Shakespeare to his future bride, Ann (or Anne, or even Agnes) Hathaway. Along with it came a silk-tied
By Elizabeth DrewThe Democrats didn't expect so much pain. The assumption was that out of a patch of good candidates one would emerge to take on an inevitably weak Republican--the field was seen as lacking and George Bush as a
By Colm TóibÃnHart Crane: Complete Poems and Selected Lettersby Hart CraneThere are certain single volumes of American poetry, some of them first books or early books, which carry with them a special and spiritual power; they seem to arise from
By Andrew ButterfieldPoussin and Nature: Arcadian VisionsAn exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 12â€"May 11, 2008.Nicolas Poussin has been studied and celebrated for more than three hundred years, and yet 'Poussin and Nature,' now on view
By Alexander StilleGomorrahby Roberto Saviano, translated from the Italian by Virginia JewissLast year, Italy seemed to wake up to the problem of the Camorra--the Neapolitan equivalent of the Mafia--in the form of 2,700 tons of garbage. On the nightly news
Former CBS news anchor and reporter Roger Mudd is out with a new book about his experience at the CBS Washington bureau in the 1960s and 70s. He discussed his book, "The Place to Be: Washington, CBS and the Glory
From spoken word to breakdancing, hip-hop culture is taking off, but Midmorning asks why fewer women seem to be making a name for themselves in the genre.
Nine singers, three judges, a Terrace full of fans and a cougar. Mix in some bright lights, poor jokes and a decibel meter and you've got the perfect setting for a BYU Idol Finale.
Following the success of their Red House Records debut recording, Storyhill has been constantly touring, playing coffee houses, colleges, festivals and winning songwriting contests. And somehow, through all the miles Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson have also found time to
