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Jardins Publics: The history and role of gardens in life, art and Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Festival invited the curator Katrina Brown to conceive of a series of events which celebrate and draw attention…
Two authors: two headlines
As the final book in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series dominated publishing industry events last month, selling a record-breaking three…
REVIEW: I For India, ICA films
While I For India is billed as Sandhya Suri’s first feature length documentary, the reality is that its makers are…
REVIEW: The Hothouse by Harold Pinter, National Theatre
It has been a good year for Harold Pinter: Betrayal sold out at the Donmar and now Britain’s greatest living…
Career Profile: Doreen Wittenbols, painter
Jesse Errey speaks to Doreen Wittenbols, a Dutch/Canadian painter currently working and exhibiting in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
Watching you, watching me: Surveillance cinema
Following on from last Friday's feature on censorship and the arts, Garan Holcombe takes a look at ‘surveillance cinema’, which…
Heading for Edinburgh: Shazia Mirza, comedian
Shazia Mirza is a comedian in huge international demand. Dressed in her traditional Muslim headscarf, Shazia gained much notoriety early…
Hear no evil
In the wake of 9/11 many artists have consented to self-censorship so as not to upset the apple cart, and…
Career Profile: Roger Burton, curator and stylist
Roger Burton, former mod and fringe stylist extraordinaire was commissioned to design Westwood and McClaren's Worlds End shop after a…
A short story to success: Tales of the DeCongested and Apis Books
Publishers will tell you that there's no market for the short story - but short story entrepreneur Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone tells…