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Rudolph Just's collection, which inspired Bruce Chatwin to write his novel Utz, fetched 1.5 million at auction on 11 December, somewhat more than 1.2 million anticipated. See the article on
00:00 Fri 14th Dec 2001Ashworth Mental Hospital dropped its attempt to block Ian Brady's book The Gates of Janus and it's now readily available in the UK. However, the Victims of Crime Trust continues to urge bookshops not
00:00 Fri 14th Dec 2001Q. What is the Guildhall Art Gallery A. The Guildhall Art Gallery is the public gallery of the art collection of the Corporation of London, the local authority of the City of London. The building
00:00 Fri 14th Dec 2001As ever the Turner Prize 2001 has shaken up the pundits as no other art event can. It can't have escaped your notice that this year's winner of the 20,000 prize is Martin Creed, for his installation
00:00 Thu 13th Dec 2001There's been a great deal of media attention over the last week or so (early December 2001) about crime writer Patricia Cornwell's attempts to prove that the British artist Walter Sickert was the
00:00 Thu 13th Dec 2001Being nominated two years running for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award - the first writer in the 8-year history of the award to be so honoured - may seem a dubious distinction for a serious author, but
00:00 Fri 07th Dec 2001Q. Why is Ulysses in the dock again A. Macmillan, the publishers of what has been described as a 'reader friendly' edition of James Joyce's Ulysses, have been taken to court by the trustees of
00:00 Thu 06th Dec 2001Q. What are Blue Plaques A. Commemorative plaques erected on buildings - or the sites of buildings - associated with famous or infamous people. Q. When did it all start A. The very first was
00:00 Tue 04th Dec 2001The art collection featured in Bruce Chatwin's 1989 novel Utz is to go under the hammer. Q. What collection A. A famous collection of more than 300 pieces, ranging from Meissen porcelain figures,
00:00 Fri 30th Nov 2001Q. What's going on at the V & A A. After a major makeover of its decorative arts galleries The V & A has just opened 15 extra rooms to the public. The British Galleries, as they are known,
00:00 Mon 26th Nov 2001Congratulations to the North Lanarkshire town of Cumbernauld, which has been awarded the 2001 Carbuncle Award as 'the most dismal place in Scotland', beating off competition from Gretna, Aviemore,
00:00 Mon 26th Nov 2001Q. Who exactly is Jamie Reid A. Jamie Reed is the artist whose radical cut outs and collages defined the punk movement in the 1970s. His picture of the Queen wearing a safety pin through her lips -
00:00 Sun 25th Nov 2001Q. When did the listing of historic or interesting buildings start in this country A. Listing began in Britain on 1 January 1950, under the post-war Labour government. At the time there was a mood
00:00 Sat 24th Nov 2001The censorship and outright banning of printed works has a long and (dis- ) honourable history. Governments, religious authorities and the plain interfering of all complexions and persuasions have,
00:00 Thu 22nd Nov 2001 A. Because he was deemed unfit for active service in the Second World War George Orwell - born Eric Arthur Blair - worked in the BBC's Far East Service as Talks Producer, from 18 August 1941 to 4
00:00 Sat 17th Nov 2001St Pancras Station and Hotel - originally called the Midland Grand Hotel - is one of the great examples of Victorian Gothic - or Gothic Revival - architecture. Commissioned by the Midland Railway,
00:00 Fri 16th Nov 2001One of the most celebrated figures in the counter-culture of the 1960s died in an Oregon hospital on 10 November 2001 following an operation for liver cancer. He was 66. Q. So, who was Ken Kesey
00:00 Fri 16th Nov 2001Q. What is it A. Literally 'beautiful writing', from the Ancient Greek words kallos and graphia. It is an art of writing in which the form of the letters or characters is as important as the words
00:00 Sun 11th Nov 2001Q. Magic what A. Magic - or Magical - Realism. In literature Magic Realism is a kind of fiction in which supernatural and natural characters and events merge as if there is no distinction between
00:00 Fri 09th Nov 2001There's been much noise made in the media over the last couple of weeks about the 'revelation' that the bookshop chains have been taking money from publishers in order to promote their books more
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