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Children whose lives are caught in a vice

THERE’S A bedroom. A cosy bed, storybooks, toys, pretty curtains, birthday cards. Look closer. The effigy of a little girl on the bed. Is she dead? Unable to move? Above her men’s shoes dangle.

A loud and rebellious compilation dedicated to Joe Strummer

Rock the KasbahVarious artists

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Turtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha ham paraz mikonand) Directed by Bhaman Ghobi

Stamping an identity on the anti-war movement

Many people know you for your stamp designs. How did you first come be involved in that?

A detailed examination of the horror of the Holocaust

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution

Bob Dylan: reluctant hero who spoke for his generation

"A song is like a dream, and you try and make it come true. They’re like strange countries that you have to enter. You can write a song anywhere, in a railroad compartment, on a boat, on horseback – it helps to be moving" – Chronicles, p165.

Unexpected impressions from a face to face encounter

Manet Face to Face

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Visions of Zimbabwe: When Words Fail Art Speaks

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Metro Riots

Raphael: the court artist with an eternal appeal

AS THE son of a court painter in Urbino, Raphael grew up around rich and powerful men whose profits from wars enabled them to build palaces filled with luxurious objects.

The myth of the good old days makes for a poor new play

Anna in the Tropics

I Heart Huckabees | Romeo and Juliet | Return to V - Roni Size

I Heart HuckabeesDirected by David O Russell When failing environmentalist Albert hires the Existential Detective Agency to explain a not very strange coincidence, chaos erupts as rival philosophical firms compete to "solve" the lives of the various characters with Eastern transcendentalism or French nihilism.