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Thank you @moniqueroffey for a fascinating talk about her new book, “Passiontide”, and so many insights on Trinidad, historic trauma, and the inheritance of violence. Buy the book to learn more about the sex strike. Edinburgh International Book Festival⁩ ⁦@HarvillSecker⁩ edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

This 500-year-old portrait may seem ordinary, but it's one of the most mysterious in history. There's so much detail that you can read every musical note on this small page. But look closer — an unsettling secret is hiding in plain sight... 🧵

William Kentridge on his love of shadows. Rose jelly heart, Antonio Dias crushed heart. Thank you ⁦Tarek Abou El Fetouh SharjahArtFoundation⁩ ⁦William Kentridge⁩ for a fabulous trip

Congratulations, Han Kang. An inspired choice for the 2024 ⁦The Nobel Prize⁩ . If you’ve never read her, start with “The Vegetarian”, which won the International Booker Prize back in 2016. ⁦Translated by Deborah Smith. ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ ⁦ economist.com/books-and-arts…

My dad had a long life and an excruciating death. I wish for a better end of life for myself and others, which is why I hope MPs change the law on assisted dying. My column prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/6826…

Help! Delighted to show how PEN Presents and the International Booker Prize have joined forces to support emerging translators | The Booker Prizes ⁦English PEN⁩ ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ ⁦Anton Hur⁩ thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Our newest MSc! Congratulations Tosca Tindall ⁦University of Oxford⁩ ⁦St Edmund Hall⁩ ⁦St Catz, Oxford⁩ ⁦Oxford HumanSciences⁩

Why PEN Presents and the International Booker Prize have joined forces to support emerging translators | The Booker Prizes ⁦⁦Laurence Laluyaux⁩ ⁦#womenintranslation⁩ thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

Why PEN Presents and the International Booker Prize have joined forces to support emerging translators | The Booker Prizes ⁦Charlotte Mandell⁩ ⁦frank wynne 🏳️‍🌈⁩ thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-lib…

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It's not just Smyth. David Barnes, chaplain of Sutton Valence 1975-87 was a prolific abuser too. Such a harrowing story to write Cathy Newman Graham Mark Stibbe Author Dino Nocivelli telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/1…

At last, my piece on the making of William Kentridge’s new chamber opera is out. “The Great Yes, The Great No” opens tomorrow at ⁦Adrienne Arsht Center⁩. Don’t miss it. ⁦Prospect⁩ ⁦The Goodman Gallery⁩ ⁦William Kentridge⁩ app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/68723/co…

I had such fun writing about William Kentridge’s ship of fools, which celebrates its US premiere tonight in Miami ⁦Adrienne Arsht Center⁩ ⁦William Kentridge⁩ ⁦The Goodman Gallery⁩ ⁦Art Basel⁩ prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/68723/…

William Kentridge, in a tailcoat of leafy embroidery, teaching the Academie des Beaux Arts about style. Not his usual kit. ⁦William Kentridge⁩ ⁦The Goodman Gallery⁩

This week I write about how Han Kang faced down the Korean establishment ⁦The Nobel Prize⁩ ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/69393/…

Books as art: “Cees Noteboom//Fuji 2016”. Veronica Spachers at SVMA #Books #Paper #Colour

Who’d have ascribed this dark, dignified portrait to Paul Cezanne? Painted when he was just 27, it impressed Claude Monet that he became its first owner. On view ⁦The Courtauld⁩ till May 18th.

Picasso’s portrait of Mateu Fernandez de Soto, painted when the artist was just 20,four years before his “Blue Boy”. ⁦The Courtauld⁩

Looking for an interpreter from Kannada into English for late May in the UK. Can anyone help or advise? ⁦The Booker Prizes⁩ #kannada #interpreting x.com/fiammettarocco…

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenya’s most celebrated writer, has died. He’d been ill for a long time. But still a shock. Deepest condolences to his family. What a writer. So deserved the Nobel prize. Pole sana. Mukoma Wa Ngugi 🇰🇪