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The playwright behind “Venus in Furs” discusses the drama of two people locked in an intense erotic relationship(0)
Montenegrin singers and poets: A literary awakening in Montenegro
Montenegrins have always fancied themselves as writers and artists(11)
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Let us now praise the glorious escapism of disco(26)
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Differing attitudes to the press complicate an already complicated relationship(241)
Post-war artists at auction: The price of being female
Auction houses are finally including more women artists(18)
The photographs of Heinrich Kuehn: Back in focus
A man who helped to elevate the aesthetics of photography(1)
The Hong Kong International Art Fair: Broadening its reach
Once a scrappy, independent show, this fair now lures international big shots looking for Asian buyers(7)
Announcements: Posting slowdown
A housekeeping note(26)
Turkey’s cultural ambitions: Of marbles and men
Turkey gets tough with foreign museums and launches a new culture war(254)
Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator": It's not the length that counts
His latest comedy is lean, mean and often very rude(24)
"Writing Britain" at the British Library: Imagined lands
THE British Library's summer exhibition explores the ways in which writers have been inspired by the country's landscape over almost nine centuries(0)
A controversial new film: It's kicking off
A Russian film that irritates Ukrainian nationalists(16)
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American roots music at MerleFest: That high, lonesome sound
The enduring appeal of American roots music(22)
The Q&A: Pico Iyer: The importance of ambiguity
His new book considers Graham Greene, a man who understood the value of the places in between(3)
Danza Contemporánea de Cuba: More than mambo
A jubilant Cuban dance company returns to Britain(1)
Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence: A spot of romance
Some characters are too compelling to relinquish(3)
A film festival in the Sahara desert: Like a mirage
A sprawling refugee camp without paved roads, running water or electricity, Dakhla is an unlikely place for a film festival(0)
Remembering Adam Yauch: Fighting the beast within
It is not nice to speak ill of the recently deceased, but when I first met Adam Yauch, also known as MCA from the hip-hop band the Beastie Boys, I was not too impressed.(16)
Frieze Art Fair New York: Cool, contemporary and rather out of the way
THE capital of the international art market hasn't hosted a high-quality international fair for some time. Frieze Art Fair New York promises to change this(1)
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Hari Kunzru's dip into the absurd(1)
A presidential cartoon: Obama the rock star
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The writing life: Whose advice should you heed?
Dispatches from the front line of novel writing(1)
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