DENNIS BROE enjoys the political edge of a series that unmasks British imperialism, resonates with the present and has been buried by Disney
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Picture This: February 20
STEVE JOHNSON speaks to DJ and singer/songwriter Mark Radcliffe
JAMES WALSH takes advantage of an evening of comedy snippets to pick out which clowns will make it in Edinburgh
MAYER WAKEFIELD is swept up by the tale of the south London venue where music forged alliances across race, class and identity
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds Rosamund Pike’s punchy and tragic portrayal of a multi-tasking mother and high court judge
FIONA O CONNOR recommends an unflinching depiction of child sexual abuse and its aftershocks, set in a working-class Liverpool family
DURING the 1970s graphic designer Andrzej Klimowski — British-born and educated at St Martin’s School of Art — travelled to his parents' country Poland to further his studies at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
Over the next seven years, encouraged by legendary tutor Henryk Tomaszewski, he began designing posters for the thriving theatre and film industries. It was the golden age for Polish poster design as the state’s generous subsidy of culture meant promotional work was plentiful.
For Roman Cieslewicz, Franciszek Starowiejski, Jan Lenica, Jan Mlodozeniec, Wojciech Zamecznik, Waldemar Swiezy and Wojciech Fangor the streets became a permanent exhibition space in a kaleidoscope of constant change.
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