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• Fifty years of hurt? Try being a socialist | Brief letters

  12-07-2021 17:44
  
  Euro 2020 | Surnames | UK car stickers | Football fans | Art criticism | Lucian FreudSo there’s been 55 five years of hurt (Report, 11 July). At least England have a chance of winning the World Cup again next year. I’ve endured 70 years of hurt waiting for the return of a truly leftwing government following Clement Attlee’s defeat in 1951.
  David Godfrey
  Willingdon, East Sussex• Readers could spare a thought for those of us whose forename and surname can be transposed (Lett
  
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• Magnum’s great escape: confinement and liberation – in pictures

  12-07-2021 15:00
  
  It’s been 16 months since the pandemic grounded the world. These images from Magnum’s July square print sale explore themes of being shut in – and getting away from it allSigned or estate-stamped museum-quality 6”x6” prints by Magnum Photos photographers are available here, for one week only, for $100 each Continue reading...
  
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• Guggenheim Bilbao asks for €100,000 to restore Jeff Koons’ Puppy

  12-07-2021 14:28
  
  Museum launches first crowdfunding campaign to repair structure of US artist’s 12.4-metre west highland terrierIt’s a crowdfunding campaign seeking to pull on heartstrings and save a puppy in bad shape, but this request by the Guggenheim in Bilbao is on a different scale. The museum is asking for €100,000 in donations to restore the American artist Jeff Koons’ 12.4-metre-tall Puppy.The flower-covered sculpture of a west highland terrier stands at the entrance to the museum
  
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