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1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (455+ words) Sheila Hancock: I am thrilled to have survived for my 93rd spring'Prospect Magazine Sheila Hancock: I am thrilled to have survived for my 93rd spring When you get to 93 years old, the number of springs you have left to enjoy is diminishing....

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1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (654+ words) Which book, film, album, painting or other cultural work should everyone experience at least once? I'm going to give two answers here. My first one is The Drowned Man by Punchdrunk theatre company, which ran from 2013 to 2014 and was just…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (478+ words) What happens when you no longer recognise the place you love? It's a thinly veiled portrait of Hong Kong, an ode to a place Tse calls home, and which she has watched closely from within as Beijing has tightened its…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1153+ words) Sooner or later, Brandon Taylor is going to win a big prize. The Booker or the Pulitzer. The American author'a novelist, critic and Substack superstar'writes prose that is concise, precise and full of detailed observation. His work exudes the sense…...

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2+ week, 5+ day ago  (229+ words) Amid McCullin's war pictures at the Holburne is one never before exhibited, of a sculpture uncovered in Crowther's Reclamation Yard in Isleworth, in 1963: a naked woman sits on a pedestal while a male admirer suckles comically at her knees. It's…...

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