Correction: Personal Best | Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse
An article last Thursday about cold-weather exercise misstated the accomplishment of Lewis Gordon Pugh last July while swimming near the North Pole. He completed a kilometer in just under 19 minutes, not a mile. nytimes.com
The globalization of fabric
What is it that differentiates the high street from haute couture, the brand leader from the mass market: It is the cloth. iht.com
National Gallery gets endowment for art touring
One month after federal funding to support touring art exhibitions was cut, a group of patrons of the National Gallery of Canada have donated $650,000 toward a touring fund for the Ottawa gallery. cbc.ca