Ben Coren
Articles by Ben Coren
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Culture
The year of the spat
- 21 December 2007
Ben Coren looks back at the various rows and spats that characterised the UK arts and culture scene over the last 12 months
Culture
Doris Lessing’s blogger bashing
- 14 December 2007
- 2 comments
Doris Lessing has a pop at the world wide web, Stephen Fry does panto and the Beijing Eunuch Museum is set to reopen in time for the '08 Olympics (phew).
Culture
Too much to bear
- 07 December 2007
- 1 comment
Should the latest Turner Prize winner really take the credit for his work? And, as a variety of geriatric rockers take to the stage once more, can any of today's musicians fill their shoes?
Baghdad, big mouth and bad sex
- 30 November 2007
Things are looking up for the art world in Iraq, while the fortunes of Morrissey and Norman Mailer have taken a turn for the worse
Comedy
Religious rib-ticklers
- 23 November 2007
- 3 comments
Heard the one about the Muslim comedian? This and much more in our round-up of quirkier parts of the arts world...
Culture
Deaths and Dragons
- 16 November 2007
- 1 comment
Norman Mailer's passing provokes outpourings of praise and condemnation in equal measure
