Paul Keegan, Freelance Journalist Profile

Articles

Coldplay’s Sold-Out Concerts Show Live Entertainment Is Thriving

Dec 10, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Paul Keegan

The “experience economy” is seeing double-digit growth, as the digitization of modern life helps ticket sales. The Hot Toddies Jazz Band is ripping through a set of standards to a packed house at the nightclub Somewhere Nowhere on a cold, gray night in Manhattan. There’s barely room to move, but a clutch of devoted swing dancers has carved out a section off to one side of the stage.
The leak that’s plaguing Netanyahu’s government

Nov 29, 2024 | thespectator.com | Arieh Kovler |ArtThe triumph |Paul Keegan |Amber Duke

Early September, days after the gruesome discovery of six murdered Israeli hostages in a tunnel in Gaza, a dramatic scoop appeared in Bild. The German newspaper had obtained a secret internal Hamas document, supposedly obtained from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s personal computer, that revealed Hamas’s hostage negotiation strategy.
The triumph of surrealism

Nov 28, 2024 | thespectator.com | Paul Keegan |Matt Ridley |Jonathan Miller |Francesca Peacock

When Max Ernst was asked by an American artist to define surrealism at a New York gathering of exiles in the early 1940s, he pointed across the room at André Breton and said: “That is surrealism.” Even today it can seem as if no other answer is available, so tenacious was his grip.
The Spectator's 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Nov 21, 2024 | thespectator.com | ArtThe triumph |Paul Keegan |Amber Duke |Alexander Larman

As we grow older, the idea is that we become wiser. I’ve decided to buck that trend by making progressively dumber decisions that put me further from my goals of attaining professional success, home ownership, emotional stability and nirvana. The most recent of these is increasing the distances I’ve been running; I will be attempting a half-marathon back home on the south coast of England the week before Christmas, with a view to running my first marathon in Berlin next fall.
Business School Professors Contend With a Fraught Publishing Landscape

Nov 18, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Paul Keegan

Are scholars unwitting prey or active participants? At first glance, the International Journal of Developing and Emerging Economies (IJDEE) looks like a reputable publication. With a prestigious address in central London, it boasts an editorial board of 13 professors and Ph.D.s from around the world.
At US Business Schools, More Women Are Getting MBAs

Nov 4, 2024 | bloomberg.com | Paul Keegan

When it comes to women making gains in MBA programs, the long-term trends are encouraging, even as progress can seem painfully slow.
At Business Schools, More Women Are Getting MBAs

Nov 4, 2024 | bnnbloomberg.ca | Paul Keegan

(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- When it comes to women making gains in MBA programs, the long-term trends are encouraging, even as progress can seem painfully slow. According to a report from the Forté Foundation, the number of entering female students this fall at 61 MBA programs in the US and abroad reached a new high of 6,166. Since 2020, enrollment of female students has increased 13%, outpacing the 3% growth rate for men and women combined.
The triumph of surrealism

Oct 16, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Paul Keegan

When Max Ernst was asked by an American artist to define surrealism at a New York gathering of exiles in the early 1940s, he pointed across the room at André Breton and said: ‘That is surrealism.’ Even today it can seem as if no other answer is available, so tenacious was his grip.
The triumph of surrealism

Oct 16, 2024 | spectator.co.uk | Paul Keegan

When Max Ernst was asked by an American artist to define surrealism at a New York gathering of exiles in the early 1940s, he pointed across the room at André Breton and said: ‘That is surrealism.’ Even today it can seem as if no other answer is available, so tenacious was his grip.
The thrill of being recognized

Sep 12, 2024 | thespectator.com | Cosmo Landesman |ArtThe triumph |Paul Keegan |Amber Duke

I had just left Tate Britain and was heading toward the Pimlico underground station when I noticed an attractive woman coming toward me. I smiled at her and she smiled at me. And then she stopped and said, “Are you Cosmo Landesman?”There are writers and journalists who get public recognition like this all the time. Alas, I’m not one. But I was married to one of them, and it’s a real drag having a famous partner.