CanadaCountry’s public broadcaster announces termination of longest-running radio program in country’s history, taking Canadians by surprise
A series of crackly pips and beeps broadcast to radios across Canada has outlasted two monarchs, 13 prime ministers, 27 sessions of parliament and various fractures to national unity. They have provided a quiet comfort to citizens abroad and inspired music and artworks.
But this week, after 84 years, Canada’s public broadcaster announced the termination of its official time signal, abruptly ending the longest running radio program in the country’s history. Read More...
Australian theatreReviewWharf 1 theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
The audacious play leaps through space and time to tell the geopolitical story of crude oil through the lens of a mother and daughter as they reckon with their complicity
“I had a real thirst for a big subject. Little did I know [that] oil is a very big subject,” said the celebrated British playwright Ella Hickson in a 2016 interview about her new play Oil. Read More...
Books This article is more than 1 year oldOpen letter to top publisher condemns $2m Amy Coney Barrett book dealThis article is more than 1 year oldMore than 250 literary figures rail against acquisition by Penguin Random House of book by conservative US supreme court justice
More than 250 figures from the US literary world have signed an open letter protesting the acquisition by Penguin Random House of a book by the conservative supreme court justice Amy Coney Barrett. Read More...