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The Guardian

The Sleeping Beauties by Suzanne O’Sullivan review – 21st century health mysteries

The Guardian

Sleeping sickness, strange behaviour and mass hysteria ... a neurologist makes sense of ‘psychosomatic’ illnessIn Sweden in recent years, hundreds of children of refugee families have fallen into coma-like states and not woken up again, sometimes for months or years. Dozens of people in three Nicaraguan communities have had tremors, convulsions

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 08:04

The Guardian

A Lonely Man by Chris Power review – breakdown in Berlin

The Guardian

Power is celebrated for his short stories, and his debut novel, about creative theft and Russian intrigue, is full of fine writingMany readers will immediately warm to a novel that begins in a bookshop. We’re in Berlin, and things couldn’t be more bookish. Our protagonist, Robert Prowe, has just met Patrick, a drunken ghostwriter, while reachin

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

Subway to Studio 54: a bygone New York – in pictures

The Guardian

Skaters, dancers, hustlers, boxers … Swiss photographer Willy Spiller prowled the streets of the Big Apple from 1977 to 1985, capturing characters from all walks of life Continue reading...

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

Women take the floor: an exhibition that shifts the male gaze of art history

The Guardian

At the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, female artists throughout history are being given their due in a vital new exhibitionIn art history, women have traditionally been pigeonholed as objects of desire – beautiful creatures that enchant, entice and inspire as “the muse”. But walk into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston at the moment, and the m

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

10 of Britain’s best arts festivals for summer 2021

The Guardian

Festivals are back to brighten up our lives, with events from Edinburgh to Brighton lining up live music, art trails, theatre and family fun, alongside virtual showsLast year was one of cancellations, postponements and digital...

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

The Great British Art Tour: a girl with a pearl earring

The Guardian

With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today: Woman in a Red Dress, at Polesden LaceyIn the corridor of Polesden Lacey,...

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

Readers on the bookshops they miss most: ‘I can’t wait to take my...

The Guardian

Bookshops hold a special place in the hearts of readers. With retail now open across the UK, we asked you to tell us about the bookshops you are longing to browse“During the pandemic I have been really impressed by the team...

mercredi 14 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

‘The heat is on’: top theatres act to root out ‘system failure’...

The Guardian

The Young Vic and Royal Court are rethinking their work practices to unpick centuries of ingrained attitudes – and achieve ‘the miracle of equality’The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres have entered into a pioneering...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 23:04

The Guardian

‘Female artists were invisible’: critics didn’t dismiss Nancy...

The Guardian

Holt made mesmerising works that filtered stars and vanished in the desert heat. But land art was seen as a male preserve. A new exhibition redresses the balance The story of land art is generally believed to be a tale of white...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 14:04

CBC

Mick Jagger, Dave Grohl team up for pandemic-inspired track

CBC

Mick Jagger and Dave Grohl have teamed up for a hard-rock pandemic anthem called Eazy Sleazy.

mardi 13 Avril 2021 13:04

CBC

Hamilton drummer Gene Champagne of Teenage Head back home after time on...

CBC

Hamilton musician Gene Champagne, a drummer with Teenage Head and other rock bands, is back home and recovering after spending time on a hospital ventilator due to COVID-19.

mardi 13 Avril 2021 11:04

The Guardian

‘It’s the gallery staff I worry about’: Damien Hirst’s Gagosian...

The Guardian

Gagosian Britannia, LondonPart of a year-long residency at the gallery, the artist’s initial show, with Coke vending machines, rubbish bags and cow’s tongues a-lolling, is dispiritingDamien Hirst has begun a year-long “takeover” of the...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 11:04

The Guardian

Edinburgh international festival plans outdoor return for 2021

The Guardian

Organisers hope outdoor pavilions and shorter performances will make event ‘relatively bulletproof’Edinburgh international festival will take place this summer, but will be outdoors for the first time in its 74-year-old history.Organisers on...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 10:04

The Guardian

War of the Beasts and the Animals, and In Memory of Memory by Maria...

The Guardian

The Russian poet’s eloquent writing is caught between a pursuit of the past and the meaninglessness of memorialisingTranslated poetry seldom finds its way into this column. It is too high risk: there is the probability the original voice will...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 08:04

The Guardian

Do Not Disturb review – the disturbing death of a Rwandan dissident

The Guardian

Michela Wrong uses the murder of Patrick Karegeya to focus her case against Rwanda’s leader Paul Kagame in this fascinating investigationWhen Rwanda’s former intelligence chief was found strangled in a plush Johannesburg hotel room, there was...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

Legacies of apartheid: Jo Ractliffe’s South Africa – in pictures

The Guardian

A powerful new book brings together over three decades of images from a photographer preoccupied with her native landscape, as the country grappled with the violent consequences of apartheid Continue reading...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

The Band Wagon: Minnelli’s musical is perfect curtain-raiser to...

The Guardian

Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, standout song and dance numbers, a clever fusion of stage and cinema … that’s entertainment!The stage on screen: more films about theatreVincente Minnelli’s MGM musical The Band Wagon (1953) has terrific songs,...

mardi 13 Avril 2021 05:04

CBC

This B.C. singer just set a new world record for the lowest note sung by...

CBC

Joy Chapman, a singer-songwriter from Surrey, B.C., broke the Guinness World Record for Lowest Female Vocal Note.

lundi 12 Avril 2021 23:04

The Guardian

Too Close review – could this ‘yummy mummy’ be a murderer?

The Guardian

Emily Watson and Denise Gough star in ITV’s compelling whydunnit, which boasts one of the most convincing cat-and-mouse games ever seen on screenIs there a word for the unspeakable joy of coming across something that is simply better than it...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 21:04

CBC

Michael DeForge, Walter Scott among finalists for Doug Wright Awards for...

The Guardian

Male Tears by Benjamin Myers; Lairies by Steve Hollyman – review

The Guardian

Benjamin Myers’s multifaceted short stories grapple with the nature of masculinity, while Steve Hollyman’s brash whodunnit focuses on the fallout from a blokes’ night outMen come unstuck in Benjamin Myers’s new story...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

Hear me out: why Gentlemen Broncos isn’t a bad movie

The Guardian

Continuing our series of writers defending loathed films is an argument to rewatch Jared Hess’s inventive post-Napoleon Dynamite comedyAny heat generated by Jared Hess’s oddball debut Napoleon Dynamite had cooled by the...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 05:04

CBC

This former Rubik s record holder continues to unlock the true meaning of the cube

CBC

Memorial University student Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu admits he can get pretty philosophical over a hunk of multicoloured plastic, but, the Rubik’s cube has shaped his outlook on...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

The Great British Art Tour: a crystalline cave to dazzle and unsettle

The Guardian

With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Anya Gallaccio’s The Light Pours Out Of Me, in West LothianA decade...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

Moby on fame and regret: ‘I was an out-of-control, utterly entitled drink and drug addict’

The Guardian

He declared his intention to go away for a while after pointed criticism of his second memoir. But now the musician is back with a new album - and a visceral documentaryMoby is considering the question he is often asked in...

lundi 12 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

Janet Jackson to sell personal treasures in celebrity auction

Jewellery, a wedding dress and tour outfits are among memorabilia up for grabs after the superstar decided on a cathartic clearoutIntent on making sure her birthday weekend will be one to remember for fans across the world, Janet Jackson has finally agreed to auction more than 1,000 pieces from a career spanning four decades.The star, who has sold

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 09:04

The Guardian

Edith Bowman: ‘I like to keep things moving’

The Guardian

As the broadcaster gets ready to present the Baftas, she talks career pivots, life changes and getting her voice heardThere’s this way professional talkers talk, and Edith Bowman’s at it. I...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 09:04

The Guardian

Walking back to happiness: how the Pennine Way helped me put racist...

The Guardian

In this extract from her new book, Anita Sethi reconnects with nature and the north and regains her sense of belongingRead an interview with Anita Sethi about I Belong HereIt was broad daylight...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 08:04

The Guardian

Mystery over origins of Howard Hodgkin’s Indian art collection could...

The Guardian

Ashmolean in Oxford turned down chance to buy exquisite paintings and drawings, which may now go to New YorkIndian paintings and drawings had been his lifelong passion and, before his death in...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 07:04

CBC

Sask. artist s 365 daily pandemic art pieces help her live in the moment

CBC

Marsha Schuld started drawing to deal with the anxiety and uncertainty of a global pandemic

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 07:04

The Guardian

Drugged, sexually abused, swindled… Maria Callas’s tormented life...

The Guardian

Unpublished letters detail famed soprano’s painful relationships with husband, mother and Aristotle OnassisHer mother blackmailed her, her husband Giovanni Battista Meneghini stole from her, and...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 06:04

The Guardian

Beautiful Things: A Memoir by Hunter Biden review – confessions of a...

The Guardian

The US president’s guilt-ridden son relates his life of excess in detail, but sadly lacks any self-awareness In 1988, Joe Biden began his dogged quest for the presidency with the first of three...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 06:04

CBC

Stop and just listen : Movement to break down power structures emerges...

CBC

Dozens of women have joined a recent movement to break down the power structures in the Saskatoon music scene after a social media post by a...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 06:04

CBC

I ve got to do something : Quebec City artists mull career change as...

CBC

With Quebec City among a short list of cities weighed down by the harshest restrictions in the province, artists are once again left without a...

dimanche 11 Avril 2021 05:04

The Guardian

On my radar: Nick Laird s cultural highlights

The Guardian

The poet and novelist on politics, pugs and reading plays over ZoomBorn in 1975 in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, poet and novelist Nick Laird attended the University of Cambridge before working in...

samedi 10 Avril 2021 14:04