‘i am for shakespeare’

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‘I am for Shakespeare’

British art and drama’s emancipation from the French Academy

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The TLS Magazine

19 April, 2024

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So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career

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Companion figures

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The TLS

Right place, right time

So Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in October 1876, charting the latest instalment of the Holbein cult. He was renting a room in Isleworth, west London, still hoping for a religious career

The Week UK

The list

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing Showing ...

The Critic

A revolutionary king

Marian Boswall believes the monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact

The Critic

Romeo coates “between you and me …”

ILLUSTRATION BY PAUL COX Going full Celt VOICING ...

The Critic

A great tribute to a giant of the theatre

● SINCE THE DEATH OF THE GREAT Sir ...