The only explanation for a critic judging the work of an artist is that he thinks the artist seeks to be a critic-and no one tells them otherwise. “Those who know music create it, those who know less teach it, those who know less still organise it, and those who […]
Comments
Bogota: Secrets of the city
Just as in former times when the young men and women of Kennedy’s Peace Corps took up the slogan as he was being defeated in Vietnam, we should cry, “Long live the national fruit and medicinal herbs!” Armando Orozco Tovar I can say that the only time that […]
Two kinds of treasure
At an obvious level, the distinction between fact and fiction is clear: a story can be about factual truths or imaginative ones. Sean Sheehan Robert Lewis Stevenson’s “Treasure island” is a fictional story so there is no point in trying to get rich by searching through the […]
Equality is a work in progress
Equality and fairness are, by contrast, work in progress. The title of the film “Man up” is a traditional expression to encourage like-a-man behaviour, like-a-traditional-man behaviour: get yourself together and be tough. ‘Human up’ is a much richer expression. Mabel Encinas This film made me think that an […]
Revisited: Our River… Our Sky
Maysoon Pachachi’s harrowing glimpse of daily life in 2006 Baghdad. Ahead of its UK release in the Autumn, here’s our review of Our River…Our Sky (aka Kulshi Makoo in Arabic), Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi’s most recent feature film. Abla Kandalaft, carrie, Viewing Pleasure* Enjoy your summer, everyone! Set in Baghdad […]
















