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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 2 - The Untold Story

Novelist, academic and tattoo artist Samuel Steward's plight shows that 'cancel culture' was alive and well in the 1930s

In January 2023, Hamline University opted not to renew the contract of an art professor who showed a 14th-century depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in class. Hamline labeled the incident “Islamophobic” and released a statement, co-signed by the university’s president, saying that respect for “Muslim students … should have superseded…

The Conversation

Biden insists there’s ‘nothing’ in classified paper scandal, polls tell otherwise

Phrase, first coined by Gertrude Stein in 1937, has become a popular one on Capitol Hill

The Independent UK

Joe Biden insists there’s no ‘there there’ over classified papers scandal

Mr Biden used the phrase, first coined by the writer Gertrude Stein, as he dismissed the scandal during a visit to storm-ravaged California

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Biden insists there’s ‘nothing’ in classified paper scandal, polls tell otherwise

Phrase, first coined by Gertrude Stein in 1937, has become a popular one on Capitol Hill

The Independent UK

Train troubles and funny voices – take the Thursday quiz (Bernard Cribbins special)

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

'Skin and sinew and breath and longing': reimagining the lives of queer artists and activists, from Sappho to Virginia Woolf

After Sappho, Selby Wynn Schwartz’s reimagining of the lives of 19th and 20th century women artists, activists and sapphists is a book I’ve always wanted to read. (And it’s just been longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.)

The Conversation

‘A genius is a sponge’: inside the new Picasso exhibition that isn’t all about Picasso

The Picasso Century at Australia’s NGV sees the artist share the spotlight with 50 of his contemporaries, and explains how one man could ‘catch and translate all the values of a time’

The Guardian - AU

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Pablo Picasso was not a lone genius creator – he was at the centre of several creative hubs, and changed the course of western art

Review: Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition 2022: The Picasso Century, NGV International.

The Conversation

Toklas, London: ‘Serves fabulous chips’ – restaurant review

Simple food expertly cooked at Toklas will put you on a high – and that’s before you even get to the chips, says Jay Rayner

The Guardian - UK

True writing is a convulsive act: inside the mind of Elena Ferrante

Where does great writing come from? How does the reading of writers shape their work? Perhaps the great writers are true originals, free from influence?

The Conversation

The Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein review – upstaged by wedding guests

This fantasy ceremony for the modernist couple is too preoccupied with the famous men cavorting around them

The Guardian - UK

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