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March 2021
• The world of Noël Coward
• Has the UK government abandoned the arts?
• An interview with Gillian Wearing
• Francis Bacon’s obsession with beasts
Plus: the tent-tomb of Richard Burton, the pros and cons of colourising old photographs, Louis Kahn’s concrete castles, the Royal Collection’s most attentive royal curator, and the Uffizi’s new cooking show
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June 2021
Peter Blake | Tourism in Italy | Bernardo Bellotto
May 2021
Michael Rakowitz | Narendra Modi | Daniel Spoerri
April 2021
Alice Neel | Charles Baudelaire | Antony Gormley
February 2021
Ancient Iran | Lisa Yuskavage | Aby Warburg
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