Maladies and Melodies.
New genetic research lays bare the genius of Beethoven. Ludwig Van Beethoven breathed his last in 1827, almost 200 years ago. He was 56. The Ninth Symphony was Beethoven’s last work. It was completed and performed, together with movements from the Missa Solemnis and the overture from Opus 124, with great appreciation at the Kärntnertor […]
How Should We Be Thinking About New Zealand’s Crime Epidemic?
Crime seems to be everywhere in New Zealand – shootings, stabbings, ram raids that even made an embattled government declare the latter—essentially retail crime—a “special crime.” With elections imminent, we see the malice play out in parliament, and discussed in workplaces. A society that values blunt aggression in sport finds itself shattered by criminal activity […]