Prokofiev’s Juliet’s Lives: Zora Šemberová
Simon Morrison shares the story of the premier of Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet,” in which Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after.
Simon Morrison shares the story of the premier of Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet,” in which Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after.
Anatoly Liberman looks at the oddest English spellings.
Jerry Coyne says Happy 200th Birthday to Charles Darwin.
Ben looks at inaugural geography.
A look at how Islamic culture views the Nobel Prize.
A look at our brains.
A look at A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
What Cassie’s been reading this week.
Ammon Shea looks at who wrote the first American dictionary.
A glimpse into Gérard Prunier’s newest book on Congo and the Rwandan Genocide.
The podictionary word of the week is “oxymoron”.
Rab Houston, author of Scotland: A Very Short Introduction, wonders whether Scots really need kilts.
Anatoly looks at the origin of the word “chicanery.”
An interview with Gérard Prunier on his thoughts on the current struggles in Central Africa.
Nicola Lacey compares images of female criminality.
Ben looks at robots and geography.