GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
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ANGUS REID harks back to the times, not that distant, when debates were fearsome confrontations about contemporary, pressing issues
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The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an accessible - and optimistic - take on our relationship to new technology
JOHN GREEN suggests that a new, biased, and highly readable re-hash of the story of the Cambridge Five be taken with a large pinch of salt
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a timely reminder of the long history of protests and the outdoor spaces in which they takes place
THE Edinburgh International Book Festival is a “prestige” event. The atmosphere is relaxed, the tickets are expensive and heaven help those who don’t have a VIP pass.
A group of literary agents gave a talk, justifying their indispensable role in getting published (they need to establish your brand, apparently) and when they took a poll two thirds of the audience were looking for an agent.
But there was no way you could get into that tent, and the friendliness was a charade.
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