Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-1944
Josef Herman's early, cathartic work should not be missed
Red Army Faction Blues
Red Army Faction Blues persuasively blends fact and fiction in its account of Germany's turbulent times from the '60s to the '80s, writes Paul Simon
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Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-1944
Friday 10 February 2012
Born in 1911 in Warsaw to illiterate parents, Josef Herman left school aged 13.
Arts ahead
Friday 10 February 2012
Peter de Francia (January 25 1921-January 19 2012)
Wednesday 08 February 2012
The great British socialist artist Peter de Francia died recently at the age of 90. He consistently devoted his talent to celebrating the dignity and spirit of resistance of the powerless while bearing witness to the cruelties and crassness of the powerful.
Painter or decorator?
Friday 03 February 2012
Writing in the Guardian about David Hockney's latest show at the Royal Academy in London, Martin Kettle claims that he "is still an artist who genuinely matters."
Arts Ahead
Friday 03 February 2012
What's on soon. . .
Beyond Palestine
Wednesday 01 February 2012
"What we've seen in the last decade or so in Palestine is the sad demise of the secular left," says Selma Dabbagh.
Obituary: Theodoros Angelopoulos (April 27 1935-January 24 2012)
Friday 27 January 2012
The great Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer Theodoros Angelopoulos died in Athens last Tuesday in a traffic accident.
Arts ahead
Friday 27 January 2012
What 'ordinary' people can do
Friday 20 January 2012
Bob Starrett doesn't look his 73 years. Despite a shock of white hair, he looks like a fitness trainer at least 10 years younger. George Kerr, too, still has the optimism and combativeness of a much younger man.