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Death and dying: The last taboo

(Tuesday 29 April 2008)

IAN SINCLAIR is touched by Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta's intimate protraits.


BEFORE AND AFTER: The Wellcome Collection's profoundly moving exhibition.

The birth of the new

(Tuesday 29 April 2008)

WHAT does May Day signify for you? This is a question that a number of progressive musicians and film-makers asked themselves in preparation for a cultural event on May 1 at London's Bridewell Hall.


Ever beautiful, ever young

(Tuesday 29 April 2008)

"THE greatest trumpet player I've heard in this life," said Charles Mingus about Thad Jones, the middle brother of pianist Hank and drummer Elvin, born in Pontiac, Michigan in 1923.


The big questions

(Monday 28 April 2008)

INTERVIEW: Marxist historian ERIC HOBSBAWM considers what's in store for the British economy, US global power and socialism.


INSIGHT: Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm.

Well versed

(Wednesday 23 April 2008)

POEM OF THE WEEK: Small evacuee observing crows by Margaret Leff


The battle for a positive identity

(Tuesday 22 April 2008)

GREGOR GALL dives into the "Englishness" debate.


SEARCH: Imagined Nation, edited by Mark Perryman.

The places of no return

(Tuesday 22 April 2008)

21st Century Verse with ANDY CROFT.


The sounds of an age

(Tuesday 22 April 2008)

JAZZ with CHRIS SEARLE.


A critical spy in the shadow of fascism

(Monday 21 April 2008)

BRIGITTE ISTIM follows the obsession of cartoonist David Low to document the leaders of fascism.


HIGH ART: Low sketching Hitler and Mussolini.

The politics of sport

(Monday 21 April 2008)

BETH PORTER on why sports movies are never really about sport.