Category Politics

In 1960 the composer Benjamin Britten was casting for singers to appear at the Aldeburgh Festival in his new work for the English Opera Group, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. For the role of Helena, one of…

Though “Chi Chi” Rodríguez was adored by golf fans for his flamboyant style, admiration was not universal among his fellow professionals, some of whom objected to his incessant bantering and his habit of salsa dancing across the course. “When you…