Anthony Hobson (Christies’s Images LTD, 2015)
Recent links of note:
Hedge-Fund Manager Paulson to Donate $400 Million to Harvard
Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal
The Journal reports on John Paulson’s record-breaking gift to Harvard, for the establishment of an engineering and applied sciences school in his name. Paulson’s donation is the third gift to Harvard exceeding $100 million since 2014 and comes as top universities have become increasingly reliant on high-profile donations to fund new programs.
Give FIFA the Boot
Steven Malanga, City Journal
A critical evaluation of the bleak state of international soccer regulation. Malanga warns against the United States’ continued involvement with FIFA, an organization he describes as operating “in the manner of a kleptocracy.” Ultimately, Malanga suggests that for international soccer to improve, “Reformers should stop trying to transform FIFA; instead, they should abandon it and rebuild international football from the ground up.”
Kingsley Amis’s Feast of Fun
Laura Freeman, The Times Literary Supplement
Anthony Hobson had a multitude of famous literary friends, many of whom were kind enough to dedicate signed copies of their books to him. Now, with Hobson deceased, the public has the pleasure of peeking into the lot, to be auctioned at Christie’s on June 10. Some were simple statements of fact (“V.S. Naipaul for Anthony Hobson”) but others reveal flashes of great wit. Kingsley Amis, long a friend of Hobson’s, was always present with a quip, from the self-deprecating (“My first appearance – of any respectability – in book form (I think)”) to the resigned (“Here we are again – Anthony”).
Frick Museum Abandons Contested Renovation Plan
Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times
The Frick Collection will remain small, at least for the time being. Ambitious expansion plans that included the elimination of the small garden fronting East 70th Street have been put on hold in the face of serious opposition from a number of groups, including members of the New York City Landmarks Commission. The museum now says it will pursue an expansion plan that retains the existing, and apparently beloved, garden.
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Unholy spirits
Kyle Smith
On Wolf Hall‘s contemporary lessons plus Clinton the Musical and Ghosts.