Jerash
Jerash, Jordan, is the site of the ruins of the Greco-Roman settlement of Gerasa. It is pretty awesome and the complex was much larger than I expected.
Dana Biosphere Reserve
The Dana Biosphere Reserve in Jordan is an area of striking natural beauty.
Jordan
I had a great time travelling around Jordan. It is jam-packed with natural wonders and archaeological sites.
Anton Corbijn at the Gemeentemuseum and the Fotomuseum Den Haag
To mark the sixtieth birthday of Anton Corbijn, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Fotomuseum Den Haag have organised a major double exhibition.
Berlinde de Bruyckere: Sculptures and Drawings 2000–2014
A good exhibition, but not the large retrospective I was hoping for.
Further Reading
Why real interest rates are low. Gerhard Richter on the art market bubble. Interview with Rem Koolhaas. Part 2 of Knausgaard’s passage through America. Abhijit Banerjee on what we know and don’t know about microcredit. A strange connection between number theory, algebra and string theory. And more.
Highlights from the Fall 2015 Ready-to-Wear Collections
Some of my favourite outfits from the fall 2015 RTW collections.
Further Reading
Karl Ove Knausgaard is traveling across America. Interview with John Ioannidis. Interview with Yasmina Reza. The selfish ribosome. In Balanchine’s beautiful forest. Art as an asset class. The idea of two sexes is simplistic. The problem with action movies today. In search of authenticity. And more.
Further Reading
Luciano Floridi on the philosophy of information. Remy Charlip and the problems of dance notation. Chris Ware interviewed by Jeet Heer. A speech by Karl Ove Knausgaard. 24 pieces of life advice from Werner Herzog. Tim Parks on the limits of satire. Arundhati Roy on the scourge of caste. And more.
Further Reading
John Kemp on the distinction between breakeven and shut-in prices for oil wells. Stunning aerial photos of NYC at night. Mathematicians have uncovered the four basic rules behind the ancient Japanese art of kirigami. An essay about Srinivasa Ramanujan. An interview with Michel Houellebecq. And more.
Further Reading
The girl with a pearl earring may not be wearing a pearl earring. How a commercial airplane is built. Longform Best of 2014. What happens when you strike a match. The Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal remembered. Why is everyone so busy? Britain’s war in Afghanistan. Books of the year. And more.
The Best Albums of 2014
A short list this year, but Aeriality by Anna Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir is one of the best contemporary classical albums I've heard in a long while.