“Born in Austria in 1947, as a young man he got into bodybuilding and became the best in the world. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21. Within 10 years, he was a millionaire businessman. After 20 years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, after just over 30 years in America, “Arnie” was governor of California and a household name around the globe.” A review of A. SCHWARZENEGGER’s memoirs Total Recall (c) independent.ie 2012; photo (c) Rolf Hayo, 1967
Archive for October, 2012
“Pumping Iron(y)”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, autobiography, bodybuilding, film, review, USA on 13 October 2012 by delclemModel living
Posted in Uncategorized with tags architecture, Austria, exhibition, model living, Vienna, Werkbund on 11 October 2012 by delclem
The Werkbund Estate in Vienna
“’Light, air and sun’ and ‘modern living with a maximum of happiness’ were promised by the Werkbund Estate in Vienna in 1932. Eighty years after its opening, the Wien Museum is staging an exhibition devoted to this architectural monument.” Text (c) wieninternational.at 2012
“What’s the big idea?”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Gret Britain, historiography, history on 8 October 2012 by delclem
“So-called big history has been inhospitable to the questions of meaning and intention so central to intellectual history – isn’t it time for a reconciliation?”
Speech by David Armitage
(c) TLS, 2012
Eric Hobsbawm 1917-2012
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Eric Hobsbawm, Germany, Great Britain, historiography, history, Marxism, obituary on 3 October 2012 by delclem
“The British Marxist historian (with Central European roots) reclaimed and popularised the value of popular culture – something so integral to our lives
today it seems bizarre it was ever denigrated.” >Arts Blog entry
>Obituary Hobsbawm
>Panel: the Hobsbwam legacy
(with Niall Ferguson, David Priestland, Catherine Merridale & Roy Foster)
All texts (c) THE GUARDIAN 2012
delirium clemens 