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German refugee train at the end of WW2…by the American photographer Margaret Bourke White.

The French photographer, Robert Doisneau, is widely known as a member of the humanist photography movement of the middle 20C. He was also a street-photographer, and is famous nowadays for his image, Le Baiser de l’hotel de ville (1950). Doisneau … Continue reading →

In a recent interview, the US artist Alex Katz made an interesting point about the painting of Paul Cezanne… I am conscious of Cezanne’s clumsy, overworked surfaces – his problems with human volumes – but on the train ride back … Continue reading →

The BBC continued their series of curated musical archive shows with a sofa-based discussion between Cerys Matthews and Val Wilmer about the cultural impact of the delta blues. You can watch the programme on iplayer, here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bpb14f It’s well-worth watching. … Continue reading →