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For centuries now, ill-gotten wealth has been donated for social good – as well as social acceptability.

Recently I spent a couple of days in Dubai-on-Thames, formerly known as London. The south bank of the river has been transformed by glass and steel buildings, second-rate even by the exacting standards of second-rateness of, say, a Mies van der Rohe. They look as if they are built to last a couple of decades at most, to be pulled down and replaced by something equally bad, the architectural equivalent of planned obsolescence; they cannot age but only deteriorate, which is something that they do very well and quickly, sometimes even before completion. Their only character is their inhumanity an...

FRS, CST) as its new independent Co-Chair today. The CST is the government’s highest-level advisory body on science and technology, advising on issues that cut across the full range of the government’s responsibilities. Members of the council are leading figures in the science and technology community, including representation from academia and key high-tech businesses. Presidents from the national academies and the Chief Executive of UK Research and Innovation ( UKRI) participate as ex-officio members. Lord Browne will co-chair the council alongside the Government Chief Scientific Adv...

From 'King Lear' to 'Frankenstein': Famous Works Produced in Isolation By Madison Troyer, Stacker News On 12/20/20 at 10:00 AM EST The first known case of coronavirus was detected on Nov. 17, 2019. Since then, millions of people around the world have been living in isolation in an effort to slow the spread of the disease and to protect the most vulnerable among us. Isolation is good for individuals and the collective, but that doesn't mean it's easy. The CDC acknowledges that quarantine can have a negative effect on mental health, and has provided advice for coping. ACMA2020/Getty Images f...

Equity Trustees An immersive light sculpture which promises to test the perceptions with rapid vectors, loops, straight lines, curves and complex geometric forms lit up in white neon is one of the showcase works set to draw culture vultures out of COVID-induced hibernation and back to Melbourne’s arts precinct when the NGV Triennialopens on 19 December (tomorrow). Acquired by the Felton Bequest and gifted to the NGV, the bright lights of the installation by Welsh artist, Cerith Wyn Evans, C=O=D=A 2019-20, will be among 86 projects by more than 100 artists, designers and collectives from mor...