FYI #71
Robert Macfarlane on the Beauty and Urgency of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain, via LitHub
Abel Selaocoe: Tiny Desk Concert. Selaocoe is performing with the ACO in April.
On observing how language affects our past, present, and future, conversation with Neko Case, via The Creative Independent. In Case’s list of recommendations, she mentions the work of Seán Ronayne, ornithologist, wildlife sound-recordist, author, and activist.
Bright idea: inside Michael Anastassiades' light-filled London townhouse, via the Modern House
The utterly distinctive Maida Vale flat of interior designer and antiques dealer Adam Bray, via House & Garden
Deadlifting in Your Nineties | “Strong Grandma” | The New Yorker Documentary
The best new books released in March, from Diana Reid, Colum McCann and Abdulrazak Gurnah, via ABC News
As the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them, via NPR
OpenAI's Studio Ghibli meme factory is an insult to art itself, by Brian Merchant, via Blood in the Machine
Keynote - Prof Jennifer Deger - FACT 2025 Symposium
How to Suffer Well – So You Can Suffer Less | Brother Pháp Dung 10% Happier with Dan Harris
Beyond the “Burden of Belief”: Pádraig Ó Tuama on Religious Trauma, Eros, and Poetry as Prayer, via Public Books
Sharon Wright on Doing Less, with Love, via Wonderground .. ‘It’s a love letter, that’s what the garden is.’
The New Yorker at 100: ‘We live in a world of misinformation ... a lack of verification. Our readers want what we do’, via The Observer
Conversations are the new unit of culture, by Kyle Chayka, via One Thing
Zohran wants a new New York, interview with NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, by Anand Giridharadas, vit The.Ink