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Citizen Kane

The front page of the Guardian Review section says:
Could it happen there? Fascism in American fiction from Sinclair Lewis to Philip Roth. It’s a fascinating read by Sarah Churchwell and you can see it here.

Neil Gaiman writes about his new book of Norse mythology, Brexit and being an Englishman in New York. You can read the interview here.

Claire Armitstead writes about a new book called Heartthrobs by Carol Dyhouse – Byron, Marc Bolan, Christian Grey …. how women’s fantasy lovers have changed over time. I have to admit that as a young teenager my bedroom walls were covered by Marc Bolan/T. Rex posters,

Marc

and then came that Che Guevara poster! You can read the article here.

Che

From the Guardian Review

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Eric Ravilious Train Landscape

In Saturday’s Guardian Review section Michael Prodger wrote about Eric Ravilious who was a World War 2 war artist who didn’t survive the conflict. You can read the article here. I’ve always loved his art but all I have of his is a Wedgwood dinner plate which was designed by him. Prodger seems to think that Ravilious’s paintings of England were of a place which never really existed but the Train Landscape above brings back memories for me of sitting in a train compartment exactly like that one, going to visit an aunt in Sussex. The only difference is that the chalk figure picked out on the hillside was the Long Man of Wilmington, not a horse. You can see more work by Ravilious here.

Sarah Crompton writes about Poldark, old and new, here.

And if you’re interested in Orson Welles and particularly Citizen Kane you might be interested in reading this article by Peter Bradshaw.