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Dollar and booze: English words that aren't really English
By Sarah Howell - 10 April 13:32

The British Council's new exhibition has revealed the top 10 English words that originated overseas.

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Christopher Walken in A Late Quartet.
Music to my eyes
By Ryan Gilbey - 10 April 10:34

The sweet sound of Christopher Walken in the otherwise terrible "A Late Quartet"

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The opera house in Lyon (Getty Images)
Reviewed: A Fidelio for the future
By Alexandra Coghlan - 08 April 17:58

Hi-tech and full of trickery, but can the music survive?

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Reviews round-up
By - 08 April 13:31

The critics' verdicts on Elias Khoury, Lorna Gibb and Michael Burleigh.

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Point Blank
Disorganised crime
By Celluloid Liberation Front - 08 April 13:05

In praise of John Boorman's "Point Blank".

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Chinua Achebe and Nelson Mandela in 2002. Photo: Getty Images.
Achebe freed me to tell my own story
By Chika Unigwe - 08 April 11:06

He demonstrated the importance of finding your own voice.

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Rob Pollard v British Sea Power: "We need a Chavez"
By Rob Pollard - 08 April 9:36

British Sea Power's Yan speaks to the New Statesman about music, politics and Grand Designs Australia.

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Bach
Marathon man
By Paul Elie - 07 April 10:21

There was no getting away from Bach in London over Easter weekend.

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Mao's last dancer
By James Rose - 06 April 12:22

A muscle-bulging, tendon-stretching leap across the borders.

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The Friday arts diary
By New Statesman - 05 April 15:03

Our cultural picks for the week ahead.

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Roger Ebert.
I miss Roger Ebert already
By Philip Maughan - 05 April 12:38

The "best known film critic in America" has died, aged 70.

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The Shed
The Shed
By Sarah Howell - 05 April 12:37

The National Theatre unveils its new temporary theatre space, designed by architects Haworth Tompkins.

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Jane Goodall
The art of copying
By En Liang Khong - 04 April 15:46

Dame Jane Goodall’s use of Wikipedia is part of a more decisive shift in authorial culture.

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Tilda Swinton in The Maybe
Reviewed: The Maybe by Tilda Swinton
By Sarah Howell - 03 April 17:39

A fabulous send-up of our obsession with celebrity

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Iain Banks reveals he has inoperable gall bladder cancer
By Caroline Crampton - 03 April 11:52

The author has released a statement saying he is “Very Poorly”.

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Eric Hobsbawm
Reviews round-up
By - 02 April 14:35

The critics' verdicts on Maya Angelou, Charles Glass and Eric Hobsbawm.

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Shinichi SAWADA, Untitled. (Credit: Private Collection, Wellcome Library, London
Inside the outside: Souzou - Outsider Art from Japan
By Charlotte Simmonds - 30 March 2:32

Charlotte Simmonds visits the Wellcome's new show, whose artists have all been diagnosed with cognitive and developmental illnesses.

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Following the death of Richard Griffiths, we remember his role as Uncle Monty.
Uncle Monty's five finest moments
By New Statesman - 29 March 12:26

Following the death of Richard Griffiths, we remember his classic turn as Uncle Monty in Withnail and I.

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In the Frame: Modern Espionage
By Tom Humberstone - 29 March 10:08

Tom Humberstone's weekly comic for the New Statesman.

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Sutra
Easter Arts Diary
By - 28 March 16:05

Our cultural picks for the holiday ahead.

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David Bowie
In the Critics this week
By - 27 March 12:46

Dylan Jones on David Bowie, Ed Smith on Wagner and new fiction from Deborah Levy.

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Compliance
Reviewed: Compliance directed by Craig Zobel
By Philip Maughan - 26 March 15:32

Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker and Pat Healy star in this unsettling indie thriller.

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Hay-on-Wye
How The Light Gets In 2013
By Martin Dunne - 26 March 14:58

The festival of philosophy and music returns to Hay.

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Margaret Thatcher
Reviews Round-up
By - 26 March 12:28

The critics' verdicts on Evgeny Morozov, Gillian Shephard and Diana Pinto.

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Kathryn Bigelow
Women in the director's chair
By Martin Dunne - 26 March 11:47

After Helen Mirren's comments at the Empire Jameson Awards, what does the future hold for women in the movie business?

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Dirk Bogarde
Dirty secrets
By Celluloid Liberation Front - 25 March 11:50

Revisiting Joseph Losey's 1963 classic, "The Servant".

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Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013
By - 22 March 12:08

Nigerian author dies at the age of 82.

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In the Frame: Staff Meeting
By Tom Humberstone - 22 March 9:49

Tom Humberstone's weekly comic for the New Statesman.

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111 Girls wins Best Film Award at Pan Asia Film Festival
By Surabhi Khanna - 21 March 15:58

A proud moment for Nahid Ghobadi.

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In the Critics this week
By - 21 March 14:04

Jonathan Lethem on Philip Roth and Steven Poole on David Hendy's latest book.

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