Seeing London is not about going to Madame Tussauds or -goodness, gracious me- taking a selfie outside Buckingham Palace. It is about places that Londoners know the value of, such as the British Museum, Tate Modern and Tate Britain, the National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum. Sean Sheehan […]
Culture
History and identity from art
At 71 years of age, Alberto Lescay has carried out the majority of his work in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, his homeland. He has dedicated almost half a century to the world of monumental shapes, paintbrushes and colours. His work can be seen in pieces such […]
The ‘Parallel Mothers’ without a Goya
In Spain, Pedro Almodovar’s fame and international recognition do not always find appropriate spaces, but his luck changes in other scenarios. His latest film, “Parallel Mothers” came away empty-handed from the 36th edition of the Goya Awards, and something similar happened at the Spanish Film Academy with his Oscar […]
Hidden in plain sight
For many people, it is now difficult to let 24 hours pass without either sending or receiving an email, using some form of social media or managing finances and other matters online. Behind the seductive comfort of all this are data centres which store the text, pictures and information. […]
Dreams and nightmares
The word ‘energy’ comes from the ancient Greek noun ‘ergon’, meaning work, and in English ‘work’ can be a noun or a verb; hence the words energy and energise. Sean Sheehan No surprise, then, to find more than one meaning in the title of Michael Marder’s book, “Energy […]