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• Pig tales – the swine in books and art

  15-07-2017 14:58
  
  From medieval manuscripts to Beatrix Potter pigs have taken a starring roleMight pigs fly? Only on the pages of precious medieval manuscripts, where they also play bagpipes and lyres, or turn out in hats; where prickly pigs grin at a shower of acorns. In these illuminations, pigs are at the heart of some of life’s most significant moments – harvest, feasting, war: a French manuscript from 1420, which once belonged to Henry VIII, shows Alexander the Great driving off an attack of elep
  
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• ‘Why rest in peace?’ The artist who honours her family by using their ashes for art

  15-07-2017 07:30
  
  Making a work with time, effort and love from her grandmother’s gallstones and great-uncle’s ashes is the artist Bea Haines’s way of paying tribute to her familyThe artist Bea Haines is explaining why she has turned the ashes of her great-uncle into paint to create a work of art. It was inspired by the death of her grandmother 10 years earlier. “When my grandmother died of cancer, we were left with her house,” she says. “Going round her home, there were traces
  
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• Can You Really Learn Comedy From Steve Martin Or Acting From Dustin Hoffman?

  15-07-2017 00:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "As a business, MasterClass seems primed to capitalize on this era of self-betterment, when thousands flock to Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop newsletter for advice on wellness and self-care has become a millennial mantra. But just how effective are the classes, which range between three to six hours? Does watching an acting course taught by Kevin Spacey actually give aspiring stars a leg up in Hollywood?"
  
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