JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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Athol Fugard: the word as tool of resistance
Following his death a month ago, DENNIS WALDER assesses the achievement of the playwright who developed his work in the townships
(L) Playwright Athol Fugard, 1985; (R) A scene from Tsotsi (2005), the Oscar-winning adaptation of Fugard's novel
RON JACOBS welcomes the translation into English of an angry cry from the place they call the periphery
GUILLERMO THOMAS recommends a useful book aimed at informing activists with local examples of solidarity in action around the world
HENRY BELL is provoked by a book that looks toward, but does not fully explore the question of who gets to imagine the shapes of cities to come
MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights
‘Chance encounters are what keep us going,’ says novelist Haruki Murakami. In Amy, a chance encounter gives fresh perspective to memories of angst, hedonism and a charismatic teenage rebel.
I WAS shocked to learn that the famous South African writer Athol Fugard had passed away. I had known his age to be 92 but somehow I never expected him to die. He was always a survivor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG18NJg3Wow&t=7s
Fugard was born in a town called Middelburg in 1932 in South Africa’s semi-desert Karoo area. His mother was Afrikaans (originally Dutch) and his father seems to have had an Irish background.
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