Obituary
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Mary Shelley
Rebellious Daughters of History #21 by Judy Cox Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Mary Shelley was the daughter of the radical philosopher William Godwin and the famous feminists, Mary Wollstonecraft who died days after Mary’s birth. Mary grew up with five semi-related siblings in an unconventional but intellectually electric household. At the age of 16, Mary eloped […]
Guernica – a painting of our time
On the 83rd anniversary of the bombing of Guernica, we republish this article from our old Website, originally written for the 80th anniversary.
The Problem of Pablo Picasso
Introduction Picasso poses a problem for the supporters of Marxist-Leninist view of socialist art. What ideology – both subjectively and objectively – did he represent? What are the advocates of realism in the arts to make of Picasso’s love of gross anatomical distortions? How do most people react to his, perhaps most famous work […]
David Bowie Obituary
On the anniversaries of David Bowie’s birth and death, we reproduce an obituary by Phil Butland from our old Website