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Blaggers Guide

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Monday 17th January 2011

Blagger’s Guide to… Ulysses

Ulysses. It’s a bit of a head-scratcher, isn’t it? Well, fear not, help is at hand! Firstly, the whole novel (yes, all 900-odd pages), written by James Joyce, only occurs over 24 hours, concerning an average day. It is broken into eighteen chapters, each one directly corresponding to…

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Wednesday 22nd December 2010

Blagger’s Guide To… Rembrandt

Rumour has it that during the 1999 NATO bombings of Belgrade, the presidential palace was not targeted because the first floor contained a Rembrandt. If you want to be able to talk art with American soldiers, read on. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn lived from 1606-1669, and is seen…

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Sunday 28th November 2010

A Blagger’s Guide to…Modern Theatre

So, what is it? Modern Theatre is an umbrella term for theatre from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Back in the late 1800s it tried to move away from the more stylised and showy theatre of the Renaissance, aiming to strip performances back…

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Monday 22nd November 2010

A Blagger’s Guide to…The Scream

You have seen it everywhere, inspiring characters from Ghostface to Homer Simpson. But what would you say if someone were to ask you what it is all about? The first scare is that ‘The Scream’ does not stand for one painting, but a series of paintings and prints…

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Monday 2nd February 2009

A Blagger’s Guide To… Pop Art

Nearly fifty years later and it still seems the work of the pop artists are everywhere: that infamous print of Marilyn is on everything from clothes to stationary; I can’t see a can of Campbell soup without thinking of Warhol; and Lichtenstein’s comic strip works have almost become…

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