No laughing matter! The state of comedy in Britain – Mitch’s...
In the latest instalment of his Tales From The Crypt, Mitch Mitchell takes a look at how popular comedy developed in the 1980s into...
A View from the Bridge : A modern classic stripped to...
Jack Farmer reviews a new production of Arthur Miller's play, currently running at the Young Vic
Director Ivo van Hove's production of A View from the...
Review: Comics unmasked
Adam DC reviews a new exhibition at the British Library, Comics Unmasked, which illustrates how in a period of austerity and social degeneration, the...
Behind the screens: an interview with two Curzon cinema workers
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‘I wouldn’t mind turning into a vermillion goldfish’ – Matisse’s cut-outs...
The latest exhibition at the Tate Modern is of the cut-outs created by Henri Matisse in his later years. Mitch Mitchell shares his thoughts.
Matisse...
Gabriel García Márquez: magic and memory
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Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, who has died aged 87, was a globally recognised name even before he won his Nobel Prize in literature on 8 December 1982....
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revolutionary reflections | Notes on Capital and the State: part 2
In the second of a three part series Colin Barker continues his investigation into the relationship between capital and the state.
I Bring Her a Flower
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