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ARTS Oct 15, 2010

The beastliness of modern art

From formaldehyde sheep to giant horses, Simon Schama traces contemporary animal attractions to past great works

ARTS Oct 19, 2010

Wexford Festival Opera, Ireland

This event has staked its reputation on reviving forgotten works, but the economic crisis could cloud its artistic vision

Oct 15, 2010

The Diary: Martha Lane Fox

Can the British government’s Digital Champion convince her refusenik father, FT columnist Robin Lane Fox, to embrace the internet?

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The composer-lyricist tells Ludovic Hunter-Tilney about making Cole Porter gasp and why Noël Coward is no good

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Philip Johnson's Glass House

Two nights spent in very different American houses transform the ideas of an architectural historian

ARTS Oct 18, 2010

Leon Parker/David Lyttle, Pizza Express, London

Drummers provide a stylish celebration of a jazz residency’s first anniversary

Seamus Heaney Oct 15, 2010

The soil and soul of Seamus Heaney

Despite international acclaim, the Nobel laureate’s poetry remains rooted in the rural landscape of his childhood, writes Sean O’Brien

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Seaside surrealism

With houses designed by some of the best contemporary architects, Alain de Botton’s modernist project could revolutionise British holiday rentals

Book Review Oct 15, 2010

Galileo: master of the universe

How the first modern scientist influenced the history of ideas

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Helen Mirren interview

The Hollywood reign of the 65-year-old leading lady continues with four new films slated for release

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