FYI #45
Inside Cillian Murphy’s First Post-Oppenheimer Role in Small Things Like These, via Vanity Fair
Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights adaptation is very, very badly cast, and here’s why, via LitHub
The Outrun: My real life as an alcoholic, played out on the big screen, by Amy Liptrot, via the Observer
Maggie Smith’s Loewe Campaign Is What Fashion Fans Needed, via Vogue
Why are the violins the biggest section in the orchestra?, by Laura Case, via the Conversation
Musician Nick Lowe on his legendary career and first new album in a decade, via PBS News
The Art of Taking it Slow, by Anna Wiener, via the New Yorker. Profile of bicycle designer, Grant Petersen (Rivendell Bikes)
Looking forward to the publication of James Rebanks’ new book next month, The Place of Tides.
Currently reading Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness, by Nathalie Olah. It is making me think about my clothing choices and enthusiasm for reading about design and architecture.
Inside a charming 18th-century house in Connecticut with a Scandinavian twist, via House & Garden
The Waterfall that Went Silent Installation / Umeå School of Architecture, via Arch Daily
Podcast listening highlights this week:
Zadie Smith on Populists, Frauds and Flip Phones, on the Ezra Klein Show.
Championing nature with Stephen Fry on Rewilding the World with Ben Goldsmith
Ancient Tips for Tumultuous Times, Tara Brach in conversation with Dan Harris
Timothy Snyder on Why Ukraine Can Still Win the War, on the New Yorker Radio Hour with David Remnick
A Rest is History series on Evita, starting with part one… Evita: Birth of a Legend
Resisting the Tech Coup: A Conversation with Marietje Schaake, with Justin Hendrix, via Tech Policy Press