We can be heroes …

Financial Times - Three recently published books are products of the transition from the heroic age of journalism to the … what? It has no name, as yet. Early indications are that the “demotic age” might fit, because of the explosion over the past 10 years of internet-based blogs, social networking sites, [...]

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The net generation - The kids are alright

Economist - WORRIES about the damage the internet may be doing to young people has produced a mountain of books—a suitably old technology in which to express concerns about the new. Robert Bly claims that, thanks to the internet, the “neo-cortex is finally eating itself”. Today’s youth may be web-savvy, but they also [...]

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McCartney wants the world to hear ‘lost’ Beatles epic

Guardian - For Beatles fans across the world it has gained near mythical status. The 14-minute improvised track called ‘Carnival of Light’ was recorded in 1967 and played just once in public. It was never released because three of the Fab Four thought it too adventurous.

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Izdavači: Novi zakon bit će izvor legalne korupcije

Jutranji list - Novi zakon o udžbenicima bit će izvor legalne korupcije u školama, stav je većine nakladnika školskih udžbenika. Svoje primjedbe nakladnici će ovih dana pretočiti u zajedničku izjavu koju će uputiti Ministarstvu i Vladi.

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Bratstvo i jedinstvo u pjesmi i veselju

H-Alter - H-alterov suradnik fenomenološki je istražio kult turbo folka i zaključio: Nemojte se zavaravati da je riječ o trendu, jer trend je, po definiciji, nešto prolazno. Čak i ako razbijete ogledalo, to što stoji ispred njega ne može se tek tako promijeniti.

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Of Bibliophilia and Biblioclasm

New English Review - Books, even without association with anyone known, have an almost sacred quality in any case: it is necessary only to imagine someone ripping the pages out of a cheap and trashy airport novel one by one to prove to oneself that this is so. If we saw [...]

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Why political cinema is so successful

Financial Times - Political cinema is one of art’s great oxymorons. It shouldn’t exist but it does. How could two opposing factions – politics and film – have signed such an enduring treaty of co-existence?

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