Steven Marcus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Works[edit] Marcus is notable for his book The Other Victorians: a Study of Sexuality and Pornography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England (1966). Key works studied are The Romance of Lust (1873-6), My … Continue reading
Why sex should never be whitewashed from the art world
Jonathan Jones responds to prudish critics who accuse him of turning Renaissance art into a ‘pornotopia’ – and explains why you should always go to galleries with sex on the … Continue reading
The Years of La Dolce Vita – in pictures
This summer the Estorick Collection, in Canonbury, London, presents The Years of La Dolce Vita, which explores one of the most fertile periods in contemporary Italian cinema and the simultaneous … Continue reading
Will Self: Give the freedom of the city to our urban explorers
Prosecuting ‘place-hackers’ will hopefully highlight outdated notions of public versus private space Tall order: academic Dr Bradley Garrett scaling one of the cranes building the Shard in 2011 (Picture: Bradley … Continue reading
Venetians fight to save historic, ‘haunted’ island from luxury developers
Poveglia, a deserted 17-acre rock believed to be the burial place of plague victims, to be leased to help pay Italy’s debts Lizzy Davies in Venice theguardian.com, Tuesday 22 April 2014 13.53 … Continue reading
Outlaw buying sex, says former Tory minister Caroline Spelman (and get rid of all the trees!)
Spelman calls for UK to follow ‘Nordic model’ on sex trade, but critics say a clampdown would not stop prostitution Rowena Mason and Henry McDonald The Guardian, Monday 21 April 2014 18.09 BST … Continue reading
‘Oldest bar in Berlin’ faces closure as rents rise
Online campaign launched to save Alt Berlin, which opened in 1893 and is known for its familial atmosphere Philip Oltermann in Berlin theguardian.com, Sunday 20 April 2014 18.54 BST Staff and customers … Continue reading
Berlin gripped by property boom as Germans turn their backs on renting
Citizens fear rocketing house values, fuelled by investors, will end age-old German tradition of long-term home rental Philip Oltermann The Observer, Sunday 13 April 2014 The penthouse in Yoo Berlin, right, … Continue reading
Paris’s Gare du Nord to get ‘Plan Botox’ facelift
Plan to modernise the Parisian equivalent of St Pancras announced on the 150th anniversary of its construction The Gare Du Nord in its glory days By David Chazan, Paris … Continue reading
MEPs to vote on EU ‘ban on all forms of pornography’
MEPs will next week vote on a “ban on all forms of pornography” including censorship of the internet in a bid to “eliminate gender stereotypes” that demean women. Three … Continue reading
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