/arts/columnists/harryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/rss/arts/columnists/harryeyresFT.com - Harry Eyresen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2009. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:23:44 +0000Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:22:27 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gif/arts/columnists/harryeyres(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/cd15d9e0-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cd15d9e0-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlHarry Eyres finds evidence that New Orleans was a human and political disaster. Understanding the nature of the Big Easy's wounding helped him understand the wounding of the worldFri, 6 Nov 2009 23:23:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/65af38ec-c4e4-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/65af38ec-c4e4-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.htmlInstilled into Etonians is an unquestioning belief that they have a right to rule the world, and this is both wonderful and dangerous, says Harry Eyres Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:37:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/569d9bb6-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/569d9bb6-bf65-11de-a696-00144feab49a.htmlArt is profoundly healing, as Harry Eyres finds out after attending a friend's chamber opera and a dance theatreSat, 24 Oct 2009 00:44:19 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/42acec00-b9e4-11de-a747-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/42acec00-b9e4-11de-a747-00144feab49a.htmlThe findings of a group of researchers from Stanford University showing that multitasking is a sure recipe for incompetence are not surprising at all to Harry Eyres Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:46:26 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7eed96ba-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7eed96ba-b462-11de-bec8-00144feab49a.htmlThe 80-year-old maestro has a gift of breathing air into orchestral textures. Each layer of sound is clear and differentiated, rather than coalescing into a muddy mass, writes Harry Eyres Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:26:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/92bb98b0-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/92bb98b0-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlA Harvard professor of biological anthropology argues that the evolution of the human race can only be explained by cooking, writes Harry Eyres Mon, 5 Oct 2009 05:06:17 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/e04d6662-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e04d6662-aee3-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.htmlThe recent death of flamboyant environmentalist Edward Goldsmith has made Harry Eyres think about the past 40 years of the Green movement – where it came from and where it might be goingFri, 2 Oct 2009 23:18:41 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/a6e1095c-a965-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a6e1095c-a965-11de-9b7f-00144feabdc0.htmlHarry Eyres takes a stand against a plan to drive a motorway through and above the undervalued vineyards of the MoselSat, 26 Sep 2009 00:20:12 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/7635c5b4-a3e2-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7635c5b4-a3e2-11de-9fed-00144feabdc0.htmlHarry Eyres revisits the region where he spent summer 30 years ago and realises that the warmth of a greeting can mean more than the splendour of an escutcheoned doorwaySat, 19 Sep 2009 00:27:43 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/d78e52d4-9e62-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d78e52d4-9e62-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.htmlInstead of Futurism, which sounds both silly and sinister at the same time, Harry Eyres prefers an ingenious and wisely modest kind of long-term thinkingThu, 10 Sep 2009 15:45:07 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/a54607cc-98e5-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a54607cc-98e5-11de-aa1b-00144feabdc0.htmlThe exceptional poetic depth and density of the first 13 minutes of Bill Douglas's 'My Childhood' has generated a four-hour discussion at the National Film Theatre – which Harry Eyres truly enjoyedSat, 5 Sep 2009 02:01:27 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/79a57cc0-9362-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/79a57cc0-9362-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.htmlThis study of the resilient British nobility is essentially a defence – albeit one that paints the ruling class with all its warts, writes Harry Eyres Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:22:53 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/d763f828-9362-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d763f828-9362-11de-b146-00144feabdc0.htmlHarry Eyres goes to the Proms to hear Daniel Barenboim conduct his West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, and concludes that sometimes very high, if not unrealistic, expectations are justifiedSat, 29 Aug 2009 02:32:50 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/84caf48e-8de2-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/84caf48e-8de2-11de-93df-00144feabdc0.htmlA book that takes one back to the innocent dawn of football as a mass spectator sport, makes Harry Eyres sympathise strongly with players' demands for more money – in 1909, at leastSat, 22 Aug 2009 02:50:18 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3006576-8861-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Farts%2Fcolumnists%2Fharryeyreshttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c3006576-8861-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.htmlHarry Eyres finds himself more gripped than he had expected while watching a documentary on the French funambulist Philippe PetitSat, 15 Aug 2009 01:25:11 +0100