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Thanks, Mme. Hermine. I haven't had time to click on your link, but perhaps it's the same recording as the one mentioned in the NYT article?

A sad note: Nicholas Hughes, the son of Hughes and Plath, has killed himself.

I wish they'd patrol in San Francisco, distracting or not. I'm less inhibited about asking people to close their phones than I used to be. It's really, really distracting.

The movie "Catch Me If You Can" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, evokes that era of aviation very well. Those were the days. That's interesting, because usually the reverse is true!

An appreciation by Michael Phillips in The Chicago Tribune.

Thank you for posting the news and the links, Estelle. I'm not familiar with his music but it sounds like an interesting career.

Excellent points, FauxPas. Styles in personal style do change. (It used to be, for example, that people dressed up for plane trips, when flying still had glamor to it; anyone who flies regularly nowadays knows that it's very different now.) Now there's a kind of fashion in deliberately dressing down.

Thank you for the unhappy update, MakarovaFan. Obituary here. I first saw her in "Patty Hearst" and "Fat Man and Little Boy" - she made a striking impression in both. As the obit notes, she made her film debut at age four in "The Charge of the Light Brigade." I remember her in it - there's a charmingly gratuitous shot of a little blond girl, obviously worked in by a doting papa. Rest in peace. Some of you New Yorkers must have seen her on the stage. Please share any recollections.

The NY Post, quite reliable so far, reports that the family has taken Ms. Richardson off life support.

I don’t know the situation with Larsson’s book, but “Fiesta” was Hemingway’s original choice for the title of “The Sun Also Rises” and the book was published under the former title in the UK and Europe.

An article from The Baltimore Sun.

I have no recommendation, miliosr, but am bumping this up in the hope that someone else does.

I'm sure they'll be wearing helmets on the beginners' slope henceforward. I never had the chance to see her on stage, unfortunately. She's a very talented film actress although after a promising start her career didn't really take off as it might have. The Post article seemed reasonably sourced and as carbro notes the AP article doesn’t contradict it. I expect confirmation from the family will appear in due course although I hope I’m wrong.

Of course, Dale. My point was that in this instance apparently nobody thought her head could be harmed. Just goes to show how fragile our brain's protection is.

Apparently there was no collision as she fell. I’m sure if there had been they would have made her go to the doctor forthwith even if she said she felt fine. We don't have all the details, but sometimes accidents just happen.

Very grim report about Natasha Richardson, critically injured after a skiing accident.

The administration creates a staff position in the White House to oversee cultural affairs.

Thank you for this review, emilienne. I missed R&J when it showed up in my neck of the woods last year, but my experience of recent works by Morris makes your review sound perfectly believable. Ashley Wilkes was Leslie Howard, who often played such otherworldly types. These characters can get on your nerves, but no actor could do them quite so well.

Thank you for reviving this thread, innopac. Good article.

Thank you for posting, Pamela, and thanks for the additional information, zerbinetta. I had not heard of Larsson (heard of Church, but have never read him) and will look for book and movie. As a rule the better the book, the harder it is to film it well, because in the best books form and content are so close that inevitably something is lost in translation. Two reviews of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo": The Observer The New York Observer

Very sad news, and I'm sure we haven't heard the last of this kind of thing. Thank you for posting, Hans.

Thanks for posting. How was the performance?

Yes, please tell us about it. I do hope his voice is in good shape these days.

The Royal Ballet’s original cast for Dances was an extraordinary group, wasn’t it? A very hard act to follow, for anyone. Ouch. Did anyone see Merle Park as Isadora? I've only seen her in photos and clips, but she certainly doesn't seem like the type.

A remembrance of Pearl Lang, from the Daily Forward. (Scroll down.) http://forward.com/articles/103890/