Arts & Culture
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The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk review – Windrush children who were left behind
On an unnamed Caribbean island in the 1960s, a girl named Wheeler, the youngest of three sisters, is left in…
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Amist the crowd at the Cyprus rally
“Welcome, let me find you a seat over with the dignitaries,” one of the organisers of the Cyprus Rally greeted…
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Track Record by George the Poet audiobook review – a heartfelt blend of the personal and political
The British-Ugandan writer looks back at his creative journey into a social landscape still defined by colonialism and inequality Fiona…
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The History of Ideas by David Runciman review – big thinkers with visions of a better world
The academic’s page-turning volume of essays – a study of intellectuals who sought to improve the politics and societies of…
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The History of Ideas by David Runciman review – casting around
When is a book not a book? Steven Poole The Guardian When it’s the book of a podcast. David Runciman,…
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Greek poet who inspired Forster, Hockney and Jackie Onassis emerges from the shadows
His archive and Alexandrian home are now on show for the first time Helena Smith The Guardian It was the…
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Two AAH Fellows honoured with Professorial Chairs
Sinologist Emeritus Professor Colin Mackerras AO FAHA and linguist Professor Joseph Lo Bianco AM FAHA have been recognised with Professorial…
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Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – a comprehensive vision of a devastated society
It’s rare but it does happen: a debut novel comes along that’s so obviously impressive, so advanced in the reach…
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Ismail Kadare, giant of Albanian literature, dies aged 88
Ismail Kadare, the Albanian writer who explored Balkan history and culture in poetry and fiction spanning more than 60 years,…
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Yorùbá Boy Running by Biyi Bándélé review – a historic hero
Like the protagonist of Yorùbá Boy Running, Biyi Bándélé had been running from a young age. Helon Habila The Guardian…
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Arundhati Roy wins PEN Pinter prize amid prosecution threat over Kashmir comments
The announcement comes two weeks after Indian officials granted permission to prosecute the writer over comments she made 14 years…
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It’s Time for Progressives to Recommit to Academic Freedom
We need a different approach. TASCHA SHAHRIARI-PARSA The Nation Last November, The Nation published an article titled “The Harvard Law Review Refused to Run This Piece About…
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Odilia Romero: Eradicator of Indigenous stereotypes
She is Zapotec, born in the town of San Bartolomé Zoogocho in the highlands of Oaxaca. Melissa Gomez Photography by…
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What the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy fossil reveals about
Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female…
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The battle of the Verses
I never cared much for Salman Rushdie’s work. Nicholas Karides * I had tried to read The Satanic Verses not as the…
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‘Extraordinary’ Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children’s writing
Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children’s books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a…
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