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The water puppets

Vietnamese company Thang Long (translation: Flying Dragon), better known as the Water Puppet Theatre, is still much loved by those who have been lucky enough to appreciate them.   Armando Reyes   This ancient cultural institution’s main headquarters sit in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. The truth is that the Vietnamese […]

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Aesthetic extremes

Birds have never looked so utterly strange, gorgeous and non-human as they do in Tim Flack’s “Birds”. Set against completely black or white backgrounds, they are photographed with a starkness that renders them beautiful but also uncanny.   Sean Sheehan   Flack says the simple backgrounds help to heighten our […]

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Dialogues in representative democracy

An acquaintance from my neighbourhood had had a recent operation, when my partner found her in the local shop. Everything had gone well while in the hospital, our neighbour asserted, even the fact that she “shared a room with a white woman”.   Mabel Encinas   My partner was shocked […]