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Salman Rushdie recounts his attack and recovery in 'Knife' The subject is one he knows all too much about: Since Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's death, pursuant to the publication of his virtuoso novel "The Satanic Verses" in 1988, the author has been in and out of hiding.
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Salman Rushdie Releases 'Knife,' a Book About His Brush With Death Graydon Carter, who was hosting the party with his digital publication Air Mail, had received his copy only that morning and hadn't read it yet. Rushdie's literary agent, Andrew Wylie, let a reporter hold the hardcover for a few seconds. No reading or ...
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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex unveils first product from American Riviera Orchard Several people have posted about the jam to social media, including fashion designer Tracy Robbins and Argentinian socialite Delfina Blaquier. Robbins uploaded two images of the jam to her Instagram Story on Monday ...
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Two nights before the attack, Salman Rushdie dreamed he was stabbed onstage Rushdie is no stranger to death threats. After his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses was published, Iran's leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, declared the book blasphemous in its treatment of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, and issued a fatwa calling for ...
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Take that, Picasso: the frenzied work by Faith Ringgold that took MoMA by storm When New York's Museum of Modern Art reopened in 2019 after a radical rehang, its most headline-grabbing display placed Faith Ringgold's American People Series #20: Die eye to eye with Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon.
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Caloundra Music Festival cancelled as 'tough' economy claims another major event In short: After a 17-year run, the Caloundra Music Festival has been cancelled for 2024. The festival director said rising costs and a tough economic climate were to blame. What's next? Musicians are calling for better public support for the industry ...
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John Akomfrah's British pavilion at Venice Biennale review – a magnificent and awful journey Trucks pass by spewing clouds of insecticide that fumigate a poor neighbourhood. A small child, stoic and resigned, gets the treatment too. A carriage clock and an old watch drown on a riverbed, along with old master drawings and paintings distorted by ...
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The Last Caravaggio review – a gripping and murderously dark finale We don't picture Caravaggio as a reader. A streetfighter, a killer, yes – but not an intellectual. Yet his painting The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, which has come to the National Gallery from Naples, proves he could mine a book for its hidden diamonds.
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Soundscape ecology: a window into a disappearing world – podcast Presented by Madeleine Finlay with Phoebe Weston, produced by Madeleine Finlay and Joshan Chana, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury. Tue 16 Apr 2024 00.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 16 Apr 2024 08.13 EDT.
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'Wrapping' the Barbican: Art Meets Engineering Last week, Purple Hibiscus, an installation created by artist Ibrahim Mahama, was unveiled at the Barbican as part of a new exhibition – Unravel: The Power & Politics of Textiles in Art. Buro Happold provided engineering services across the project, which ...
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