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Signs

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I have been thinking about signs and their language. Not the portentous, signifying great or foul deeds – ‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen¹’ – or even the supernatural, signifying disaster – ‘She dreamt to-night she … Continue reading

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Picasso 1932 – Love, Fame, Tragedy

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‘The work that one does is a way of keeping a diary’ is the quote from the artist which begins Tate Modern’s big Summer blockbuster exhibition. This takes the visitor chronologically, month by month, through 1932, an extraordinarily productive artistic … Continue reading

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Big Data

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Chris Wiley, the Cambridge Analytic whistleblower testifies to the US Senate Judiciary Committee and Jeff Silvester, COO of AIQ (Aggregate IQ) testifies to the DCMS Parliamentary Committee on the same day, answering ( or avoiding answering ) questions about the … Continue reading

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Quiz

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…is the title of a new play by James Graham at the Noel Coward Theatre, London. Transferring from the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, its centre piece is the incident in which a contestant on the television quiz show Who Wants to … Continue reading

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Life is sh*t

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My conclusion after six glorious days on Scotland’s Holy Isle… Just under an hour by train from Glasgow to Ardrossan, ferry then across to the Isle of Arran, and finally, a short boat ride from Lamlash (subject to conducive weather … Continue reading