GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
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From Women to the World, Letters for a New Century
Timely counsel from the worldly wise
SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENT: (Above) The Rape Hurts Foundation (RHF) in Bukyerimba, Kamuli, Uganda and (inset) its founder Hellen Lunkuse T Waiswa
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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
IN THIS collection of writings from women across the world, letter-writing is put to work to declare women’s solidarity, strength and resolve.
Edited by Elizabeth Filippouli, a journalist and founder of several networks to promote women’s leadership through partnerships, the book draws on “a global group of accomplished women,” made up of political activists, diplomats and business executives, with a smattering of royalty, writers and artists.
Each letter is a declaration addressed to someone admired, missed or hoped for in the future.
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