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Ai Weiwei opens major exhibition in London

The newest showstopper art exhibition, a retrospective of the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, has just opened at the Royal Academy of Art in London. It is the first major exhibition…

The Blue Guitar

The Blue Guitar – Booker prize winner John Banville’s latest novel – is a quiet, thoughtful novel narrated by a strange and reclusive man. It is a first-person character study…

Deep South

The way Paul Theroux writes will give any reader the urge to just pack a bag and book a one-way ticket. He writes with poetic flair – giving his descriptions…

The Martian

After the languorous Exodus; Gods and Kings, and the misguided Alien prequel, Prometheus, The Martian is a triumphant return to form for Ridley Scott. It is as surprising as it…

It’s a mad, mad, Mad Max world

Welcome back, one and all, to the world of Mad Max; a dystopian nightmare of oil, blood and twisted metal, where War Boys pray at the altars of the holy…

Jamaica is owed reparations for British imperialism

On June 12 this year, the birthday honours list was published with the highest orders of merit this country can bestow to the courageous and successful. However, a mere glance…

Brussels must weigh in on VW scandal

Not long ago, in April this year, the car manufacturer VW found its way on the front pages of every German-speaking newspaper. The two most influential people in the enterprise,…

Hope remains for parties of the Left

If nothing else, the last general election can be said to have marked the beginning of the end of ‘business as usual’ in British politics. Labour’s long-predicted downfall materialised in…