I’m kicking myself for only having now discovered Maira Kalman’s enchanting and inspiring series of ‘blogs’ about American democracy, that are more like illustrated stories, in the New York Times. (Most of you might know Kalman for her beautifully illustrated covers for The New Yorker). Called And the Pursuit of Happiness, the ‘posts’ represent a … Read more about And the Pursuit of Happiness
Technicalities aside (see my previous post on Dubai as ‘salad bowl’ rather than ‘melting pot’) I was pleased to read The Dubai Melting Pot Is In the Kitchen Too in the New York Times. After an abundance of Dubai-bashing in the media recently, it was a relief to see a story by a writer who … Read more about The Dubai Melting Pot is in the Kitchen Too
By Terence Carter* First we had the Lonely Planet author fraud where a writer’s tales of his unethical escapades exposed a publisher’s loopholes and led to an undermining of the travel writing profession. Now we have the Wine Spectator award fraud where the magazine’s own Wine Spectator Award of Excellence was bestowed upon a non-existent … Read more about Wine Spectator award fraud