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It might just be a quirk of historical symmetry combined with a dash of wishful thinking but there is a school of thought which says the 2020s are going to roar as loudly as the 1920s did. The comparisons between then and now are certainly appealing: a century ago the world emerged from an economic downturn and a pandemic to an era of modernisation and progress shaped by technology and a sense of optimism. It gave us Futurism, fridges, television and the Jazz Age. If the forecasters are right, it may be about to happen all over again and if it does the Bright Young Things of the New Roaring Twenties are going to need nightclubs to party in just as much as their sharply-dressed forebears did. How appropriate, then, that the first exhibition to be held at the V&A Dundee when it re-opens on May 1 is a survey of nightclubs and nightclub design which, though it makes a gesture to nostalgia, also peers into the future. And how ironic that the first cultural sector to emerge from lockd
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My Family and the Explosion, which tells the story of how members of one family
were affected by the blast at
Beirut Port on August 4 last year
, when one of the biggest
non-nuclear explosions in history devastated large parts of the Lebanese capital
. It follows resident Nicole Torbey, her husband and their daughter, as they attempt to put their lives back in order in the months after
the catastrophe. Nicole Torbey in a scene from My Family and the Explosion . Courtesy Mahmoud Kaabour
“When the explosion happened in Lebanon, I was sitting in a playground in Berlin with my kids; I could not believe what I saw on YouTube,” Kaabour tells
From Phoenicia to Finance
(8 March 2021)
The North East Times Magazine, published today, carries an interview with Dr Arzé Karam, assistant professor in finance here at the School and covers both her journey to Durham and her current research. Appropriately we share this piece on International Women s Day with thanks to the North East Times.
Growing up in a country with a history more ancient than any other, but one that was also ravaged by sectarian violence and civil war, Dr Arzé Karam had her eyes set on leaving Lebanon for France from a young age. With dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer dashed, studying for a career in finance became the path to a new beginning, a new life.