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Books in the Gardens of Spain

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Time for another piece on books at The Story Bazaar. Some of this reading is my research (that authorial quagmire) or at least that’s my excuse. The Moor’s Last Stand; How Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End by … Continue reading

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Edward Bawden

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Dulwich Picture Gallery’s summer show is of the twentieth century English artist and designer, Edward Bawden, part of its Modern British painters programme. I went along last week to catch it before it closes on 9th September, 2018. Bawden was … Continue reading

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The Roman Dead

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FREE exhibition at the Museum of London, Docklands until 28th October 2018. A visit to the West India Quay building of the London Museum is always interesting, but last week we went to see its current exhibition entitled The Roman … Continue reading

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The Post-human World

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So to a fascinating talk on a Saturday afternoon at Studio Voltaire by Dr Danielle Sands*, Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Thought at the Royal Holloway, University of London. Entitled Thinking with Animals, she talked us through the current thinking on … Continue reading

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All Too Human…

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… Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life is the name of Tate Britain’s current exhibition, which ends later this month. It focuses on the painting of the human form and its relation to life around it. Stretching from … Continue reading