by | May 17, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from The Spectator Exhibition Suspicion MARTIN GAYFORD Martin Gayford questions the point of art shows. Should they educate or give pleasure — or both? Towards the end of June, 1814, Maria Bicknell, the wife-to-be of the painter John Constable, went to an exhibition...
by | May 17, 2008 | Bright Shiny News
from TimeOut New York Hot Seat Time Out New York / Issue 659 : May 14–20, 2008 James Frey The fabulist author has got friends in low places. Really. By John Sellers Illustration: Rob Kelly Other than a recent feature in Vanity Fair, James Frey has kept a low...
by | May 17, 2008 | Bright Shiny News
from Bloomberg News James Frey’s “Bright Shiny Morning” falls apart By Craig Seligman Bloomberg News “Bright Shiny Morning” by James Frey Harper, 501 pp., $26.95 BOOK REVIEW | A young couple who lift $20,000 from a biker...
by | May 16, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the UK Telegraph Popular schoolgirl dies in ’emo sucide cult’ By Richard Alleyne A popular and fun-loving schoolgirl killed herself after becoming involved in a self-harming youth cult which glamorises death, an inquest has heard. Hannah Bond, 13,...
