Welcome to 111 Words, by Andrew Shields

Struggling against emotions: Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” (1813) and Pastor Maybold in Thomas Hardy’s “Under the Greenwood Tree” (1872)

A chain of willful associations linking Taylor Swift, James Joyce, and The Grateful Dead

A thirty-second German introduction to Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer"

A thirty-second German introduction to Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero"

Mandolinist Avi Avital and pianist Omer Klein at Basel’s Martinskirche, 24 January 2024

Analytical listening to Taylor Swift shattered by “New Year’s Day” from “Reputation” (2017)