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Depending on what you’ve read or what translation you consult, come the eve of December 21st we may be reaching for our nearest and dearest and preparing ourselves for the afterlife. Yes, the longest day creeps ever closer and with it the end of the Mayan calendar (yet some people…
You thought that summer was over, that hedonistic, festival-style recipe of vibrant colour, costumes and junk food had been shelved until 2013 – and that you wouldn’t be dancing with a dinosaur in a shiny onesie for a few months at least. Right? Wrong. Sparkly Brooklyn import Reed + Rader…
It was 1992 when a small film festival first appeared in two Scottish cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow celebrating the rich cinematic tradition of our Gallic neighbours. Fast forward to 2012, and the French Film Festival is now one of the UK’s most enduring and exciting film festivals. Major cities across…
Hang around us long enough and you’ll soon realise we’re suckers for a great photo. Whether it’s action frozen in monochome by the late Henri Cartier-Bresson or dazzling colours a la David La Chappelle, we feature as much as we can on TCé, and even have a whole other site…
If ever there was an organisation that had its proverbial finger firmly on the pulse of cutting edge contemporary art forms, it is commissioning body Artangel. This month, the team that brought us Roger Hiorns’ sparkling azure ex-council flat grotto and Rachel Whiteread’s full-size casting of her own House have…
Madani Younis, the new artistic director of the Bush theatre, opened the Radar Festival last week with a cheeky paean to the Shepherd Bush area and its eponymous theatre. Over the next three weeks, he explained, the Bush will host discussions about the shape and possibilities of contemporary theatre, along with…