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The Great British Art Tour: a parachute, a pie and the pride of Poland With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Fife’s Memories of a Polish Paratrooper Detail of Marie Louise Wrightson’s Memories of a Polish Paratrooper, 2006. Photograph: © the artist/Fife Council Detail of Marie Louise Wrightson’s Memories of a Polish Paratrooper, 2006. Photograph: © the artist/Fife Council JaneFreel,collectionscurator,ONFifeMuseumsandGalleries Mon 1 Feb 2021 01.00 EST During the second...

In Praise of 'Sandinista!': Why the Clash's Triple-Album Mess Is Also Their Masterpiece In Praise of 'Sandinista!': Why the Clash's Triple-Album Mess Is Also Their Masterpiece Forty years after the band followed up 'London Calling' with this risky, playful epic, all six sides remain a blast to explore - and argue over Rob Sheffield, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Sandinista! It was barely a year after their global breakthrough, London Calling, which got them a U.S. Top 40 hit with “Train in Vain (Stand by Me).” Yet it sure didn’t sound like a band trying to ride the momentum of thei...

Whom the gods wish to con, they first make illiterate By Note: Republished from October 21, 2011 "How can this man know letters, having never learned? . . . Can anything good come out of Samaria?" — The Bible There are some sentences that should never be completed: "America has been good to us, but . . . " "Thanks for the history lesson, but . . . " "Public education can be improved, but . . . " Far be it from me to bash teachers, BUT- I am the education Establishment's worst nightmare. I attended a one-room country school and I learned how to read in six weeks' worth of kindergarten. I o...