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Seaside Modern Art and Life on the Beach at Hastings Contemporary. Visiting a gallery during a hang is such a thrill.

May 30, 2021 Share “COMPUTERS ARE USELESS. They can only give you answers,” said Picasso in 1968, the year in which Intel was founded and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey was released. Picasso didn’t change his mind. Over the last half century computers have become immensely better at providing answers, but not so good at asking questions. A good book asks questions. A better one raises questions you never knew existed. The key to a lockdown can lie in a book. Who knew that Stalin was a fan of Tarzan and cowboy films? Or that Stalin and Roosevelt smoked the same cigaret...

Never-before-seen drafts of children's classic on view at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft John Vernon Lord, The Giant Jam Sandwich. Courtesy of the artist. DITCHLING .- A new exhibition opened at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft this Spring, to mark 50 years of revered illustrator John Vernon Lord’s life and work in Ditchling. Lord is one of Britain's most recognised and respected illustrators, owing both to his own practice, and his pioneering contribution to education across almost six decades. Lord has illustrated many classics of English literature including the work of Lewis Carroll, Edw...

The Tale of a Chaotic and Failed Attempt to Explore Antarctica in 1897 Credit...Chris Hellier/Corbis, via Getty Images Buy Book ▾ By NICOLE CLIFFE The Belgica’s Journey Into the Dark Antarctic Night By Julian Sancton On Aug. 16, 1897, the Belgica — a refitted whaling ship under the command of Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery — set sail from Antwerp in an attempt to explore Antarctica. She would limp back to Belgium on Nov. 5, 1899, with a captain and crew profoundly physically and psychologically broken by their wintering in the Antarctic ice. Advanced scurvy, aggressively poor planning,...

The bestselling author of the Gruffalo is concerned about the limits coronavirus has placed on the lives of her young fans Julia Donaldson: one of her books sells about every 11 seconds in the UK. Photograph: Antony Sojka/The Guardian Julia Donaldson: one of her books sells about every 11 seconds in the UK. Photograph: Antony Sojka/The Guardian Sat 1 May 2021 01.00 EDT Children are not, says Julia Donaldson with a smile, going to write to her directly about the pandemic. Her assistant has just delivered a fresh pile of post, and the author shuffles through a stack of opened letters to make th...