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Margaret Atwood has become a cultural weathervane, blamed for predicting dystopia and celebrated for resisting it. Yet her ‘memoir of sorts’ reveals a more complicated, playful figure.
@sophieolive introduces us to a young Peggy.
Sophie Oliver - Ms Fixit’s Characteristics
Sophie Oliver: Ms Fixit’s Characteristics - Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood
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For a writer so ubiquitous, George Orwell remains curiously elusive. His voice is lost, his image scarce; all that survives is the prose, and the interpretations built upon it.
@Dorianlynskey wonders what is to be done.
Dorian Lynskey - Doublethink & Doubt
Dorian Lynskey: Doublethink & Doubt - Orwell: 2+2=5 by Raoul Peck (dir); George Orwell: Life and Legacy by Robert Colls
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The court of Henry VIII is easy to envision thanks to Hans Holbein the Younger’s portraits: the bearded king, Anne of Cleves in red and gold, Thomas Cromwell demure in black.
Peter Marshall paints a picture of the artist himself.
Peter Marshall - Varnish & Virtue
Peter Marshall: Varnish & Virtue - Holbein: Renaissance Master by Elizabeth Goldring
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