Chris Steele Perkins: England, My England
Tuesday 15 June 2010
Magnum photographer Chris Steele-Perkins unflinchingly records the absurdities, the pleasures and the tragedies of English life. Kings Place Gallery 90 York Way London N1 9AG 18 June to 30 July 2010 Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday...
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How the Light Gets In
Saturday 24 April 2010
The programme for the 2010 music and philosophy festival at Hay has just been released. Featuring Roger Penrose, Susan Neiman, Raymond Tallis, Simon Glendinning, Mary Midgley, Will Hutton, Simon Blackburn, Mary Warnock, Philip Blond, Don Cupitt, Richard Sennett, Douglas Murray,...
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Martin d'Orgeval: The Soul
Friday 19 February 2010
The Drawbridge is proud to present Martin d'Orgeval's new exhibition, The Soul. Q, 5–8 Lower John Street, London W1F 9AU 19 February to 11 March "It is not the quality of a subject that holds my interest. I like the...
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Etgar Keret at Jewish Book Week
Thursday 18 February 2010
Monday 1 March: Etgar Keret double bill 7.00pm: Extremely Bad and Incredibly Cruel Etgar Keret in conversation with Jonathan Safran Foer Royal National Hotel, London WC1H 0DG 9.00pm: Screening of Jellyfish followed by a Q&A with Etgar Keret Soho Hotel,...
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David Flusfeder: out now
Wednesday 17 February 2010
Spencer Ludwig, idealist and filmmaker, is making one of his regular duty visits from London to New York City to tend to his declining but still fearsome father. Driving back from one of their doctors' appointments, Spencer decides not to...
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Vincenzo Ruggiero
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Vincenzo Ruggiero has won an grant from the European Commission to carry out research on corruption and organized crime in a number of central European and Balkan countries. The project involves research teams based in each country considered and will...
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Evie Wyld nominated again
Monday 15 February 2010
Fresh from scooping the John Llewellyn Rhys prize, Evie Wyld's After the Fire, a Still Small Voice has been nominated for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. The rest of the shortlist comprises Choke Chain by Jason Donald, The...
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John Berger wins Golden PEN award
Thursday 3 December 2009
The Drawbridge is delighted to report that English PEN has announced John Berger as the 2009 winner of the Golden PEN Award, given annually to a writer whose body of work is held in high regard by fellow authors. John...
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Luke Stephenson: Stanelli's Super Circus
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Luke Stephenson's marvellous puppet pictures will be exhibited at the Exit Gallery at Claire de Rouen Books from Thursday 10 December. Stanelli's Super Circus Luke Stephenson Exit Gallery Claire de Rouen Books First Floor 121–125 Charing Cross Road London WC2...
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Evie Wyld scoops young authors' prize
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Drawbridge regular Evie Wyld has seen off some stiff competition to claim the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for young writers for her terrific debut novel After the Fire a Still, Small Voice. The other shortlisted authors included Booker winner Aravind...
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Martin d'Orgeval: Touched by Fire
Thursday 12 November 2009
The Drawbridge presents Touched by Fire Martin d'Orgeval at Blacks 67 Dean Street London W1 9 November to 19 December Limited edition prints from the series are now available to purchase. Blacks is a members club. Non-members are welcome to...
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Umberto Eco: The Infinity of Lists
Thursday 12 November 2009
Published by Maclehose Press 5 November Umberto Eco examines the Western mind's predilection for list-making and the encyclopaedic. This impulse has recurred through the ages from music to literature to art. He refers to this obsession itself as a "giddiness...
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Hard Rain exhibition and talk
Thursday 12 November 2009
Mark Edwards talks about his environmental journey and explores the state of the world and its people in a presentation at St Martin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square, on Monday 16 November at 7pm. Free entry – all welcome. The Hard Rain...
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Hans van der Meer: European Fields
Thursday 12 November 2009
Host Gallery, London Until 28 November Hans van der Meer started photographing lower-league football across Europe in 1995. He went out looking for football in its original form, as it had started more than 100 years ago: a patch of...
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Gonçalo M. Tavares: Jerusalem
Thursday 12 November 2009
Published by The Dalkey Archive 5 November One morning late in May between 3 and 6 am a group of lonely men and women wait to be brought together like the elements in an equation. They meet in a world...
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Broomberg and Chanarin
Thursday 12 November 2009
Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris November 19 to January 7 An exhibition of Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin's recent photographs from Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and the USA. Gallery website www.choppedliver.info...
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Martin d'Orgeval: Establishment Forever
Thursday 12 November 2009
Galerie Hussenot, Paris 14 November to 24 December D'Orgeval's series of eighteen images records a century-old building, or rather its skeleton, where everything that makes a place liveable has been torn to pieces: walls, stairs, running water, radiators, parts of...
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Evie Wyld shortlisted for young writers prize
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Drawbridge contributor Evie Wyld has been nominated for the 2009 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for her novel After the Fire a Still Small Voice. The winner will be announced on 30 November. More information...
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The Art Festival at Hay
Sunday 11 October 2009
Art in an Ephemeral Age Hay-on-Wye, 13 to 15 November Crunch 09: The Art Festival at Hay is back with a new theme, Art in an Ephemeral Age. Featuring some of the biggest names in the art world and providing...
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Jonathan Ellery
Sunday 11 October 2009
Ellery's Theory of Neo-conservative Creationism The Wapping Project, London 10 to 29 November Installation, sound and moving image More details...
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