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Showdown
Culture vs sport – again? It’s a showdown worthy of the Olympic Games as sport and culture collide in a…
Antony Gormley transforms London's skyline with his first retrospective
Anthony Gormley is Britain’s most beloved sculptor, and his new exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is vast, uncompromising and characteristically…
A degree of talent: studying for a life in the theatre
Flicking through American Theatre magazine, one’s eye is assaulted with a glossy panoply of advertisements for various theatre degrees. One…
From dream to reality: Tottenham takes on the arts
Seven years after his death, MP Bernie Grant’s vision for the future of the arts in London is emerging among…
Artist's Voice: Annie Leist — Closing the door
As we began the fourth and final semester of our MFA program, my classmates and I were in the throes…
Punks lead the charge
Tis the season to be merry. Not to mention culturally stimulated, thrash your guts out in the mosh pit, and…
The long and short of real-time docos
If you want to watch documentaries, it’s time to turn the television off. Even just for four minutes. All over…
Trip report: The Future of Electronic Literature Symposium
"Electronic Literature? Is that like e-books?" you ask. Well, yes and no — in a sense, electronic writing has been…
Why are Swedish bands so great?
The Knife, The Sounds, Soundtrack of Our Lives, Jose Gonzalez, Crazy Frog, the list goes on. It's striking how many…
Ad Hoc Choirs
Usually the one thing all choirs have in common is singing — recognizably musical activity of some sort. But the…