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• There’s No One Better Than Jane Austen

  26-01-2025 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  That’s the claim of novelist Gill Hornby, anyway, who has written three books “set in the extended Austen family.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• This Actor Would Like For The Next Season Of The Traitors To Star, Well, Actors

  26-01-2025 22:30 via nytimes.com
  
  Tamara Lawrence, star of Get Millie Black, says, “I want to be a traitor so bad.” – The New York Times
  
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• Hugh Grant Urges British Police To Open A Criminal Investigation Into Tabloid Owners

  26-01-2025 22:00 via bbc.com
  
  “Grant also argued a new investigation was needed because people who were at the paper at the time that private investigators who carried out ‘unlawful activity’ were instructed were still in ‘positions of great power.’” – BBC
  
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• Ballet Hispánico seeks Director of Finance and Administration

  26-01-2025 21:59 via artsjournal.com
  The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) will lead all financial operations at Ballet Hispánico, establishing strong fiscal procedures and systems, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Reporting directly to the CMD, the DFA will play a critical role in strategic decision-making and operational management, supporting Ballet Hispánico’s growth and capacity-building efforts. Overseeing a small yet dedicated team in the Finance and Operations departments, th
  
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• How The Von Trapps Actually Got To America Wasn’t Like The Movie

  26-01-2025 21:30 via slate.com
  They climbed no mountains, and were aided directly in getting visas by Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. But, to be fair, Maria did arrive from a convent with her guitar. – Slate
  
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• Slow Horses Author Wins Lifetime Award

  26-01-2025 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Diamond Dagger winner Mick Herron “is the quintessential writers’ writer and his Slough House novels have, by general consensus, reinvented the spy thriller, going on to delight millions on the page and on screen.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The Death Of The Commons

  26-01-2025 20:30 via theatlantic.com
  
  What does Starbucks’ new bathroom policy have to do with an ability to gather in public, and the forces destroying that ability? – The Atlantic
  
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• Chinese Author Fang Fang On Her Covid-19 Diaries, Being Censored, And The Power Of Recording History

  26-01-2025 20:00 via npr.org
  
  “I still believe that we can forgive those who have forgotten, be more tolerant of those who have forgotten history, and admire those who choose to record and remember these events. Ultimately, it’s about paying attention.” – NPR
  
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• The National Gallery Of Art Ends Its DEI Program

  26-01-2025 19:30 via hyperallergic.com
  “The museum has [also] removed any language referring to DEI from its website. On a page outlining the institution’s mission and values, the words ‘diversity, equity, access and inclusion’ have been replaced with ‘welcoming and accessible.’” – Hyperallergic
  
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• Van Gogh hospital paintings to be shown together in London for the first time

  26-01-2025 19:14
  
  Works created after artist’s ear mutilation incident go on display at the Courtauld Gallery next monthTwo Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear are to be exhibited in London together for the first time.The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, described by the artist as a pair, are due to appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Two Van Gogh paintings to be shown in London for first time

  26-01-2025 19:14
  
  Works created in hospital after ear mutilation incident to be shown at Courtauld Gallery next monthTwo Vincent van Gogh paintings created in the months after the Dutch artist mutilated his ear will be exhibited in London for the first time.The works, The Courtyard of the Hospital at Arles and The Ward in the Hospital at Arles, would appear at the Courtauld Gallery from next month, the Art Newspaper reported. Continue reading...
  
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• Thieves Blow Up Dutch Museum Door To Steal A Golden Helmet

  26-01-2025 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  “The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum … and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday.” – The New York Times
  
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• In Athens, The Long-Lost Painting Prometheus Unbound Is Drawing Mesmerized Crowds

  26-01-2025 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The 19th-century Danish painting is about freedom from long oppression, but “for many, the power of the painting also lies in its extraordinary history. Its chance rediscovery in 2012 not only ended decades of speculation but resolved a thriller that had long haunted the art world.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Tina returner: why discovering lost songs, films and books is simply the best

  26-01-2025 09:00
  Finding a forgotten track by the late singer goes to the heart of who we are, how we connect and the way we define ourselvesI’ve been sitting here for the last few hoursLooking at you Continue reading...
  
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• Rediscovered Munch painting with ‘intriguing mystery’ to go on display in UK for first time

  26-01-2025 07:00
  
  Striking image will be unveiled at National Portrait Gallery in March, as part of a major exhibition of the Norwegian master’s portraitsAt first glance, it is a striking portrait by Edvard Munch, painted in 1892, a year before the Norwegian master was to create his most famous masterpiece, The Scream.But peer closely at the man’s sleeve along the bottom edge and two embracing, ethereal figures in a mysterious moonlit landscape are revealed. Continue reading...
  
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