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Looking at London

There are countless ways of looking at London and two new books narrow the focus by taking the idea of looking in more of a literal than a metaphorical sense: a cartographic approach, mapping the city through its boroughs; and a street-photography journey across the metropolis.   Sean Sheehan   […]

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Viva Rita in Hollywood!

The Puerto Rican actress broke through in an industry shaped by unequal opportunities for Hispanic-Latin artists. More than half a century after her Academy Award, such recognition remains exceptionally rare. Hollywood. A dream factory, source of aspirations and opportunity for some, but historically a virtual closed shop for others. Sometimes […]

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Bani Khoshnoudi:  disillusion in Iran following the bombing

Colonialist politics, not religion, are at the centre of the Iranian conflict. The belief by some in US rhetoric about liberating the people from the regime is over, there is hope and also desperation, and the Shah’s son has lost all credibility. “I do not think that religion is at the origin of the ideology behind this war. It is a war of colonizing of more resources for the West”.