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How do we look at Art?
What does sound add to looking at a painting? Four ambitious multi-media installations make up the shortlist for this year's Turner prize, addressing…
3 years, 1 month ago
Soil, Chickens and City Farms
Soil degradation threatens our ecosystem and is among the most significant problems at a global level for agricultural production, food security and …
3 years, 1 month ago
Star Trek
The first interracial kiss on American TV, a decidedly internationalist cast of characters: Star Trek has always been a deeply political programme bu…
3 years, 1 month ago
Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment
A smouldering gorilla suited man racing through London on a motorbike is one of many striking images from Karel Reisz's 1966 film that starred David …
3 years, 1 month ago
Arabian queens, Bangladeshi mothers and women's tales
Shahidha Bari looks at the voices of women emerging from new writing in novels, plays and histories. Zenobia, Mavia, and Khadijah are Arabian queens …
3 years, 1 month ago
New Thinking: Game of Thrones and history
House of the Dragon was inspired by a medieval period known as The Anarchy. What do the real historical conflicts tell us about power, succession, cl…
3 years, 1 month ago
New Thinking: Game of Thrones and history
House of the Dragon draws on ‘The Anarchy’ - a 12th century war of succession. What does this conflict tell us about power, succession, class, and th…
3 years, 1 month ago
St Teresa/Vivekananda/Nietzsche
St Teresa formulated a specifically Catholic version of contemplative religion in response to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation; Vivekananda wa…
3 years, 1 month ago
Going Underground
As Nottingham’s network of 800 man-made caves inspire an exhibition called ‘Hollow Earth’ at the city’s contemporary art gallery, Shahidha Bari and g…
3 years, 1 month ago
Experimental writing
"Creative daring" is the quality rewarded by the Goldsmiths Prize, now in its tenth year. What does it mean for an artist or writer to be daring and …
3 years, 1 month ago