Category: Laughter, Tears and Rage
Issue 115 May 2008
Instant Wonder
The sophistication of Polaroid technology was not enough to save it from obsolescence – or nostalgia
Issue 113 March 2008
Something Covered in Fur
A new collection of stories by Donald Barthelme serves as a reminder of the novelist’s playful and audacious raid on the Modernist canon
Issue 111 Nov-Dec 2007
Turkish Delight
Of the three main venues occupied by the Istanbul Biennial, the Atatürk Cultural Centre was the most resonant and contested
Issue 109 September 2007
Pastures New
A resurgent wave of British nature writers owe as much to Land art and science fiction as traditional environmentalism
Issue 107 May 2007
Diary of a Somebody
Susan Sontag’s journals reveal her Warholian efforts at fashioning a persona
Issue 105 March 2007
Body of Thought
Two new books examine women, dissection and secrets
Issue 103 November-December 2006
Down in the Dump
Three recent publications reveal detritus and decay as improbable obsessions in Western culture
Issue 102 October 2006
Le Goût des Autres
Since the 17th century, taste has been integral to the discourse surrounding aesthetics, class, culture, gender and sexuality. Has it become an anachronism?
Issue 101 September 2006
Stand and Deliver
What do lectures reveal about the lecturer?
Issue 100 June-August 2006
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