DENNIS BROE observes how cutbacks, mergers and AI create content detached from both reality and history itself
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SIAN LEWIS welcomes a book on women architects whose buildings have traditionally been ignored or neglected
SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies
DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism
New releases from Peruvian Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical, Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe, and South African BCUC
MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review The Stranger, Undertone, and Outcome
Breaking Ground
by Jane Hall
(Phaidon, £29.95)
PICK up a book on architecture written last century and check the index. You’ll struggle to find women’s names — or non-European names, for that matter.
The opportunity for women, even Western ones, to study architecture and to pursue a career in the profession was severely limited.
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