Stories
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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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The politics and power of audio-description
Traditional theatre audio-description often lets down artists and audiences. But, done well, it has the potential to be a force for creativity as well as accessibility.
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Pain, politics and the power of photography
Art historian Giulia Smith explains what she most admires in the work of Jo Spence and Oreet Ashery, and how their approach makes illness political.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
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Political correspondence; or, letters to a country gentleman, retired from Parliament: on the subject of some of the leading characters and events of the present day.
Date: [1793]- Books
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Real characters, and Genuine Anecdotes, Political, Polite, Gallant, Theatrical, Intriguing, Prudish, Coquettish, Whimsical, Amorous, Ridiculous, Literary, &c. &c. Interspersed with some Fugitive Miscellaneous Pieces of the Best Modern Authors and Poets.
Date: 1769- Books
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The genuine memoirs of Miss Faulkner; otherwise Mrs. D***l**n; or Countess of H*****x, in expectancy. Containing, the amours and intrigues of several persons of high distinction, and remarkable characters: with Some Curious Political Anecdotes, Never Before Published.
Faulkner, Miss (Mary Anne).Date: [1770]- Books
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A Political and satyrical history of the years 1756, 1757, 1758, and 1759. In a series of one hundred humourous and entertaining prints. Containing, all the most remarkable transactions, characters and caricaturas of those memorable years. To which is annexed, an explanatory account or key to every print, which renders the whole full and significant.
Date: [1760]- Books
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The Political monitor: exhibiting the present state of affairs in Ireland; With some genuine anecdotes, tending to shew the real characters of several statesmen, and other eminent personages. In a series of letters, first published in the freeman's journal, under the signature of Brutus; now republished, at the desire of several citizens of Dublin.
Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]