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Edvard Munch: A Year in the Life, 1902

This article focuses on the year 1902 in the life of artist Edvard Munch with a calendar and short sections on the main issues.

David Greig: Columba's Bones. Book Review

  Rich, suspenseful, funny, scatological, farcical, profound, adolescent, dramatic……. I’m u...

Ingmar Bergman: Sound Techniques in The Passion of Anna

An investigation into the innovative sound techniques in Ingmar Bergman's The Passion of Anna

Duke Ellington Lets Down Ella Fitzgerald

Evaluation of the jazz albums Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook, vols. 1 and 2

Mark Wigglesworth's The Silent Musician: Extracts

Extracts from The Silent Musician by Mark Wigglesworth

Nikolai Gumilyov: Alien Sky (1912)

He whispers to me: “Willful one,Why are you so downcast ?Or have you grown sadAbout your former, f...

Roy Jacobsen's Unseen: Book Review

Review of Jacobsen's 2013 novel Useen

Roy Jacobsen's Unseen: Book Review

Review of Jacobsen's 2013 novel Useen

Nikolai Gumilyov: Alien Sky (1912)

He whispers to me: “Willful one,Why are you so downcast ?Or have you grown sadAbout your former, f...

Manfred Eicher: The Genius Behind ECM Records

Profile of Manfred Eicher, record producer

Michael Meyer, Not Prince Hamlet: Book Review

Review of autobiography of Michael Meyer