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Robot love

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  • Posted by Natasha Periyan
  • 03 May 2008

Bad sex

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  • Posted by Natasha Periyan
  • 25 April 2008

Busting a skank

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  • Posted by Grace Shortland
  • 18 April 2008

In the Doherty

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  • Posted by Grace Shortland
  • 11 April 2008

Farewell Angus Fairhurst

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  • Posted by Grace Shortland
  • 04 April 2008

The premature death of the artist plus the rest of the news from the arts world

Disney the ecowarrior

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  • Posted by Grace Shortland
  • 31 March 2008

Pickled fish and rotten oranges

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  • Posted by Nichi Hodgson
  • 20 March 2008

Death of a Liberal and other stories

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  • Posted by Nichi Hodgson
  • 14 March 2008

The students boycotting Shakespeare

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  • Posted by Nichi Hodgson
  • 10 March 2008

Odd books and Oscars

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  • Posted by Nichi Hodgson
  • 29 February 2008

Anthony D’Offay's generosity hasn't gone down well in all quarters, this week in the arts world

Dead bodies, sexy bodies and a dubious body of evidence

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  • Posted by Milly Getachew
  • 22 February 2008

Milly Getachew reports on the $50m music collection on eBay, the Rolling Stones on the dangers of drugs, the end of the instant photograph, and more…

Trouble brewing and Ginsberg howls again

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  • Posted by Milly Getachew
  • 15 February 2008

Art heists, ethics, and Beyonce in Aretha’s bad books

The wisdom of 50 Cent

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  • Posted by Milly Getachew
  • 08 February 2008

Prince Charles and rapper 50 Cent offer us valuable insights, while confused audiences spurn Sweeney Todd

Forgeries, freeconomics and Freddie Krueger

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  • Posted by Milly Getachew
  • 04 February 2008

Britain's government wants fans involved in the arts, while Israel's says "sorry" to dead pop stars.

Nabokov burning

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  • Posted by Ben du Preez
  • 25 January 2008

Ben du Preez casts his eye over rich patrons, poets in peril and a masterpiece that may never be read...

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Ben Davies

Ben Davies trained as a journalist after taking most of the 1990s off. Prior to joining the New Statesman he spent five years working as a politics reporter for the BBC News website. He lives in North London.

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Robot love

  • By Natasha Periyan
  • 03 May 2008

Bad sex

  • By Natasha Periyan
  • 25 April 2008

Busting a skank

  • By Grace Shortland
  • 18 April 2008

In the Doherty

  • By Grace Shortland
  • 11 April 2008

Farewell Angus Fairhurst

  • By Grace Shortland
  • 04 April 2008

Disney the ecowarrior

  • By Grace Shortland
  • 31 March 2008

Pickled fish and rotten oranges

  • By Nichi Hodgson
  • 20 March 2008

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