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At least 200 people attended the event promoted by the BLM (Biblioteca Livio Maitan) at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (National Central Library) in Rome on 1 April.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, the determined resistance of the Ukrainian population and of the anti-war movement in Russia, have provoked a (...)
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Obituary Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 Monday 24 May 2021, by Penelope Duggan Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 The driving force of Mick Gosling’s life was the defence of working people’s rights and a commitment to socialism to achieve that. Mick (James) Gosling grew up in Stevenage, in a left-leaning working-class family - his father had been involved in Michael Foot’s 1945 election campaign in Plymouth. Mick himself joined the LPYS at fourteen. In 1970 he went to Kent University in the heady days of student radicalization when Kent was one of the hotspot...
Posted on 21st December 2020 // Culture / Reviews / Uncategorized // 2 Comments The Art and Life of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593- 1654) Dave Kellaway reviews the current National Gallery exhibition (until 24 th January) Caravaggio (left), Gentileschi (right) The pictures above tell the biblical story of Judith, a Jewish widow, who saved the city of Bethulia from the Assyrians by killing their general, Holofernes. It was a popular subject for artists at the time. Caravaggio, who was a big influence on Artemisia, painted the version on the left in 1599. If you compare his version with the one...