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"The Last Dream of Frida and Diego Rivera" debuts this week at San Francisco's Opera.
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"The Last Dream of Frida and Diego Rivera" debuts this week at San Francisco's Opera.
"The Last Dream of Frida and Diego Rivera" debuts this week at San Francisco's Opera.
Manu Riche and Patrick Marnham join forces to tell the story of the invention of the atomic bomb and its unintended consequences in todays world. They follow the tracks of 2 historical characters who forged this story: German-born Aby Warburg, the heir to a banking dynasty who became an anthropologist and studied the Indians of Los Alamos, and Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant idealist who will always be known as the inventor of the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. From New Mexico to Congo via Japan, Snake Dance offers a compelling reflection on the Promethean dimensions of nuclear power.
Partner-swapping, nudity, Felicity Kendal: it’s three decades since raunchy wartime series The Camomile Lawn broke TV ratings records. How does it hold up?
Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to th…