To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
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GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
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And So the Struggle
Speeches clapped
And then shut up
In thumbed fist,
Wrinkled skins of books
With slogan spines,
Backs broken,
Crooked.
And so the struggle.
Marches passed
Like channels changed
On blurred screens,
Dated placards wave,
Forced forward,
Steps stride,
Out of range.
And so the struggle.
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