August 2012

Arts:

Farewell to the Tokyo String Quartet

Movies:

Le quattro volte: simply put, unbearable

Documentaries:

Tribe: xtreme human behaviour

The toilet: from Merida's roman communal style to a

fancy japanese flush

Incident of the month:

Sleeping al fresco in an unusually hot summer

What caught our attention:

Smart windows

The rise of singletons

What did we learn:

Artistic impact of Afghan lapis lazuli in Renaissance Venice

What did we discover:

Okra in search of a good recipe

What did we achieve:

a trial of the 5:2 diet: 5 days feasting, 2 days fasting

Wine of the month:

Sagrantino di Montefalco (DOCG Red 2006)

Course of the month:

Leonardo's detailed drawings vis-a-vis Michelangelo's non-finito sculptures