EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
Architecture and art: Controversy on the banks of the Spree
The Humboldt Forum, the newest addition to Berlin’s Museum Island, is as ambivalent architecturally as its content is ethically problematic. MIK SABIERS has the story
PILLAGE: (L to R) Benin bronzes like this - at the Bode Museum - will no longer be displayed at the Humboldt; the ship from Luf, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea c1890
[Marsupium via Wikimedia Commons]
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The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
BERLIN’S Museumsinsel (Museum Island) is a cultural collection of ancient, old and modern art galleries in the heart of Germany’s capital city.
From the Pergamon Museum housing Islamic antiquities to the Bode Museum with Byzantine art there’s now a new, yet old, addition in the recently opened Humboldt Forum.
Built on the site of the former East German parliament, itself built on the site of a former royal palace, the Humboldt houses a controversial collection of artefacts, but is also contentious in itself.
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