Arts
An ethical dilemma
(Wednesday 19 March 2008)
CIARAN BERMINGHAM on how Shaw's look at the politics of charity still rings true 100 years later. |
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Explosive look at local history
(Wednesday 19 March 2008)
"WOULD you sacrifice a city to win a war?" asks the programme for Alan Pollock's new play about the catastrophic 1940 bombing raid on Coventry. |
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Orwellian tale let down by lack of depth
(Wednesday 19 March 2008)
ROY Smiles follows the acclaimed Ying Tong, a tribute to Spike Milligan, with another biographical drama in Year of the Rat. |
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Troubled Talent in a fix
(Wednesday 19 March 2008)
"I HAVEN'T been as nervous since I played the Virgin Mary," says Julie (Stephanie Briggs). |
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Taking control of art
(Tuesday 18 March 2008)
CHRISTINE LINDEY hears from living legend Gustav Metzger how artists must point out the dangers that the world is facing from capitalism. |
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Images imbued with dignity
(Tuesday 18 March 2008)
WHEN John Keane exhibited his Guantanamerica series in New York in 2006, Harold Pinter was prompted to comment: "Terrifying images of Guantanamo Bay evoke the actual horror of Guantanamo Bay with an acute imaginative understanding that only a true artist can provide. |
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Interview
(Monday 17 March 2008)
Fair-finance campaigner ERIC TOUSSAINT speaks to the Star about the history of 'odious debt' and helping Ecuador escape the clutches of the World Bank. |
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What makes a poet great?
(Monday 17 March 2008)
Forget the Guardian's dull Anglophone poetry handouts and get hold of a copy of Jacques Prevert's Selected Poems. ANDY CROFT explains why. |
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Well Versed
(Wednesday 12 March 2008)
POETRY: Quotation from Byron by Valerie Darville. |
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Smashing a myth
(Tuesday 11 March 2008)
CHARLEY ALLAN is stunned by an innovative and intense multimedia musical exploring the reality behind hysterical headlines on asylum-seekers. |
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