The Bard stands with the Reformers of Peterloo, and their shared genius in teaching history with music and song
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Principled philanthropists
TIM SAYER and ANNEMARIE NORTON tell Christine Lindey why they're donating their unique collection of art works to a Wakefield art gallery
Willard Boepple, Douglas, 1992, painted steel and Kenneth Martin Chance, Chance, order, Change
SUE TURNER is fascinated by a book that researches who the largely immigrant workforce were that built the Empire State
MARIA DUARTE and MALC McGOOKIN review Sirat, The Testament of Ann Lee, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, and All You Need Is Kill
STEVE ANDREW recommends a Marxist analysis of the long chains of production that global corporations exploit
MARY CONWAY relishes the period detail but misses the drama in this unsatisfactory dramatisation of the subjugated life of George Eliot
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a mainstream scholar to the ranks of left-wing critique of US foreign policy
PETER MASON is disappointed that the eponymous Count fails to put in an appearance
RETIRED BBC journalist Tim Sayer and his wife Annemarie Norton, theatrical costume maker and former ballet dancer, live in a modest north London terrace.
Its exterior looks much like neighbouring houses but stepping inside is to be transported into a wondrous domain whose every surface is crammed with art.
Paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, sculptures, antiquities and tribal art by predominantly living British artists greet you from all walls, ceilings, both sides of doors, floors and the staircase. They’re even in the bathroom and toilet.
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