Tuesday was St Valentine’s Day, which presumably prompted this sad but cautionary opinion piece in The Washington Post: Five myths about cheating (on your spouse).
And while you’re raking over the coals of love, here’s a fine selection of romantic book ideas for that special someone, from The New York Times Arts Beat. On a lighter note, Slate shoots Cupid with the worst Valentine’s Day PR pitches ever.
Tragically, New York Times foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, 43, died yesterday on assignment in Syria (no paywall).
It’s time we realised the big four banks don’t own us, writes Jess Irvine.
The Guardian looks to a range of poets from Thomas Kinsella, Boris Pasternak and Margaret Atwood for their thoughts on whether the mood of February (in the northern hemisphere – *sigh*) tilts toward winter or spring, death or rebirth.
“There is a grave sin openly celebrated in our nation (perhaps especially in Sydney) that makes me feel queasy,” writes [name withheld]. Read on…
And finally to climate change: Can art change minds when science can’t? Ann McCulloch thinks so.
