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What am I, a philosophical if not political Marxist whose hero is Antonio Gramsci, doing in Harvey Nichols buying Comme des ...

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It took until the last room of her exhibition for me to gain any real understanding of the work of Australian Aboriginal ...

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A thirtysomething American woman with wavering self-confidence, a tendency to talk too much and a longing for married bliss ...