Is the Lecture Dead? - The Atlantic

Is the Lecture Dead? - The Atlantic
A great lecture is not a rote mechanical reading of notes, but a kind of dance, in which lecturer and listeners watch, respond to, and draw energy and inspiration from each other.

What travel writers get wrong about london. ....And how tourists often give themselves away as foreigners

When Travel Writing Goes Wrong: London's 'City of Villages,' in Formal Wear

An atlas of where chefs eat.

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From phones to tablets. 26 apple designs that never came to be

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Artist Uses Thread To Turn Barren Walls Into Vibrant Drawings

The expression "you make a better door than a window" is predicated on the idea that the two things are totally distinct. One you see through, the other you don’t. And going by those criteria, walls exist squarely in the "door" category--unlike windows, they block, hide, and obscure. But Wies Preijde’s thread screens defy such easy categorization. They’re part window, part wall, and they’d be a beautiful, low-impact way to divvy up your tiny studio apartment.