"I define an educated person as someone who responds purposefully to their social environment. That is to say, for example, that if a lion is coming at you, and you’re quoting Shakespeare, you shall...
Marilyn Sides is the Chair of the Creative Writing concentration at Wellesley, a program she has pioneered. Animated and forthcoming, her manner radiates the kind of openness that students in these courses...
In Professor Wes Watters’s office in the Whitin Observatory, the emblems of a life of learning and passion are the meteorites, little fragments of the cosmos scattered in boxes and arranged proudly on...
Showtime’s “Billions” offers a play on “House of Cards”
They say it’s the new novel, or maybe just a golden age, but either way, TV – long considered subservient to the more serious...
For the 10th anniversary of Alexander Wang’s eponymous brand, the designer stayed true to his niche and delivered a collection of impeccable, American sportswear. Many of the looks from S/S 2010, which...
On Thursday night, Roberta Smith, addressing a near- filled Collins Theatre, impelled audience members to ask questions by asking us to keep her “psychological health in mind.” Laughter followed. It...
It’s a big week for Icelandic singer-songwriter-artist Björk — not only does her first-ever career retrospective open at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), but she also begins her run of intimate...
Trench coats and Wellington boots: for many, the mental image that epitomizes English style is more James Bond at the end of Skyfall than anything else — but given names like Vivienne Westwood or the...
