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Julian Barnes began writing about art with a chapter on Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa in his 1989 novel A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters. Since then he has written a series of remarkable essays, chiefly about French artists, for a variety of journals and magazines. Gathering them for this book, he realised that he had unwittingly been retracing the story of how art made its way from Romanticism to Realism and into Modernism.

As Hitler was attempting to conquer the western world, his armies were methodically pillaging the finest art in Europe, from Michelangelos to Vermeers, all stolen for the Führer. The Monuments Men had a mandate from President Roosevelt to find these artworks, but no vehicles, typewriters, or authority. In a race against time to save the world’s greatest cultural treasures from destruction at the hands of Nazi fanatics, each man constructed his own treasure map....

This collection brings together Finkelstein’s greatest writings from The Times, ranging from the personal - with his articles on growing up Jewish in Hendon Central and on the deaths of both of his parents - to the political, with columns on how to predict elections, the way political science showed us Ed Miliband was on his way to defeat and why the base rate of coups meant Jeremy Corbyn wouldn’t be ousted before an election.

In his essay about the life of Irish writer John McGahern, Tóibín reveals the tones of melancholy and amusement within both art and the artist. In his extraordinary essay on his cancer diagnosis, Tóibín unpicks the word 'battle', and illuminates the distress, horror and blankness of his experiences. From the shades of light and dark in a Venice without tourists, to the streets of Buenos Aires riddled with disappearances and tied up with dictators and politics, we find ourselves considering law and religion in Ireland as well as in Marilynne Robinson's fiction.

This is the 2015 edition of the memoir of BBC/ Masterpiece Theatre actor Robin Ellis, the original Captain Ross Poldark in the BBC classic television series. This expanded edition includes an all new chapter documenting Robin's return to television as part of the new series produced by Mammoth Screen, on behalf of the BBC and Masterpiece/PBS, with Aidan Turner as the new Poldark.

Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography. In this work, which was actually begun in 1558 but not published until 1730, Cellini beautifully chronicles his flamboyant times. He tells of his adventures in Italy and France, and his relations with popes, kings, and fellow artists.

A podcast to unite people who love and hate musicals

From the profligate mind of Award-winning narrator and 1986 Brookside Elementary 5th Grade Spelling Bee Champion comes RAWdiobooks, the podcast about the audiobook industry no one asked for. Join Bob as he takes the conversation beyond the audiobook realm in a hilariously irreverent attempt to uncover something, anything interesting or redeeming about his friends and colleagues. Guests include fellow narrators, authors, and other weirdos in the audiobook biz.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dickington Steele and Co. mix banter, skits, and sultry voices into brow-inclusive free-for-alls about life and film. Possibly serious, arguably logical, indubitably theatrical. This... is Double Pontification. Based in Shanghai with guests from around the globe. New release every other Thursday! Follow @doublepontification on Instagram!

"not too good" is the weekly show for the creative in all of us, hosted by jake jaramillo. catch it weekly on youtube on wednesdays @ 9am pst.

At livet langt fra altid er nemt; dét ved de fleste nok. Men når man har det ekstremt skidt, kræver det altså ekstra tid, plads og ro på for at få det bedre. Velfærdsland TALK handler denne gang om 24-årige Anna Øhlenschlæger, der fra slutningen af barndommen og langt ind teenageårene gik til psykiater pga. tvangslidelsen OCD. Men til forskel fra mange andres møde med psykiatrien, fik Anna Øhlenschlæger netop den nødvendig tid til at blive rask. Hjælp til Anna fra velfærdslandet Danmark er også derfor en ægte solstrålehistorie!

In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Bell Hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.

The snarky podcast where a monogamous couple sarcastically recaps the TLC show ”Sister Wives.” Join Corey and Carly for a new episode every week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we do with the art of monstrous men? Can we love the work of Roman Polanski and Michael Jackson, Hemingway and Picasso? Should we love it? Does genius deserve special dispensation? Is history an excuse? What makes women artists monstrous? And what should we do with beauty, and with our unruly feelings about it? Claire Dederer explores these questions and our relationships with the artists whose behaviour disrupts our ability to apprehend the work on its own terms.