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REVIEW: A Short History of Tractors, in the UK rain again
Last weekend Gordon Haynes visited Tractor Fest in Nethy Bridge, part of the annual historical Steam Fair at nearby Boat…
Keep the work rolling in: How to survive as a performance artist
Nearly half of those working in the UK performance industry earn less than £6,000 per year as performers, or within…
Art and the Shopping Mall
For most people, shopping malls would be generally regarded as existing at pretty much the polar opposite end of the…
Art and Money: Strange Bedfellows
“A starving artist…sacrifices material well-being in order to focus on their artwork. They typically live on minimum expenses, either for…
Platform 1: Shock and Bore
I’m advised that a column can be personal and opinionated. As some things just get me hot under the collar,…
Ghosts of Cité Soleil: This ain’t no Hollywood movie...
Danish filmmaker Asger Leth travelled to Haiti in February 2004, just as the Aristide government finally collapsed. Ghosts of Cité…
Career profile: Maeve Davey, communications and co-ordination at The Beat Initiative
Meabh Ritchie talks to Maeve Davey who works for The Beat Initiative, co-ordinating community and carnival arts production in Belfast…
REVIEW: Aberdeen Art Gallery, The Collection
Gordon Haynes reviews the collection at the Aberdeen Art Gallery as a mixed bag - "it’s warm and it’s mostly…
Winds of change
Tara Brabazon looks at the greatest social and political challenge of our time: emotional and intellectual disconnection from any issue,…
REVIEW: Saint Joan, National Theatre
REVIEW: David Trennery says the National Theatre's production of Saint Joan is "like this year’s Wimbledon... a gruelling 5 setter..."