Werner Herzog on Writing
That’s hard to answer, because I do not follow ideas; I stumble into stories, or I stumble into people who all of the sudden, the situation makes it clear that this is so big, I have to make a film. Very often, films come with uninvited guests, I keep saying like burglars in the middle of the night. They’re in your kitchen, something is stirring, you wake up at 3 AM and all of the sudden they come wildly swinging at you.
7 “Health” Products From The Past That Would Never Make It Onto Shelves Today
“If someone walked up to you today and suggested you drink radioactive water to reinvigorate your body, or offered you a cigarette to ease your asthma symptoms, you’d probably walk away quickly…”
Shakespeare’s will: a new interpretation
Shakespeare’s will: a new interpretation
I’ve come to two new conclusions, which are important for our knowledge of Shakespeare and his family:
- I have redated parts of the 1616 will to three years earlier, with implications for how we understand Shakespeare’s last years.
- I have placed in context those parts of his will which are cited as evidence that he was unkind towards his family, and offer a new interpretation of Shakespeare’s intentions.
Vanishing Words
A RadioLab episode on Alzheimer’s, vocabulary, Agatha Christie, idea density……what else could you ask for?
BBC4: FutureProofing – Language
An uneven but interesting episode on Language from BBC4 Radio’s FutureProofing series. I’m not only including this because my intellectual crushhero Erin McKean makes an appearance. Also includes poet Elisa Gabbert and some linguists, scientists and AI-language researchers.
The New Science of Cute
“Kumamon, a cartoon bear created to promote tourism in an overlooked part of Japan, has become a billion-dollar phenomenon. Now, a new academic field is trying to pinpoint what makes things cute — and why we can’t resist them”
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