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...rooms where they play have personalities - bright or dull or warm or clear. Great actors say the same thing about the theaters where they work. And when Kevin Spacey explains why he just became artistic director of London's Old Vic theater - and why he wants to rescue the splendid old place from the ravages of time - he talks about its acoustic character. "There are some theaters where an actor's voice goes out into a void," he says. "You can't feel where it's going, and therefore can't control how the performance is modulated. You learn...
...Rajput royalty. "We are going to crown them as maharajas or maharanis to give them a feel of the olden-day ceremonies," explains Leena Srivastava, director of tourism at IDMI, the firm that's bringing the concept to life. The newly appointed monarchs will then board their appropriately splendid carriage. "The interior of the aircraft will be like a palace," gushes Srivastava. Imagine opulent lounges lined with carpets, hovering attendants behind heavy, velvet curtains. "We're going to make it more comfortable, more luxurious, more ... palatial...
That's the starting point for historian David Cannadine's fascinating collection of essays, In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain. To Cannadine, the story of modern Britain is "the feeling that things were no longer as great or as stable or as splendid as they had once been." As empire and prosperity slipped away, a few voices rose to stem history's tide. He assesses the efforts of comic-opera geniuses Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as novelist Ian Fleming, whose agent James Bond was a one-man antidote to the Cold War. Also Margaret Thatcher...
...Barker was a gentle, wise and generous friend,” former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in an e-mail. “He shared the concern to create an academic community, and with quiet generosity made it possible for us to plan the splendid center that now bears his name...
...likely hit an onsen, or hot spring. These naturally occurring geothermic sources are the primary reason Japanese tourists flock to the Izu, and rightly so: the baths, often attached to hotels, make for a stress-killing date with relaxation. Shimoda and its environs boast a number of splendid onsen inns, or ryokan, like the Kannon, 15 kilometers out of town. A room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just want to take a dip, hop on the train ride Rendaiji station (one stop north of Shimoda...