You can’t have a conversation about music of the ’80s without bringing up Prince and Michael Jackson. Both artists shaped the music industry and defined an entire culture with their chart-topping hits, groundbreaking fashion, and incredible vocals, which is why they are still regarded as two of the great musicians of all time.
Although the musical icons were alike in many ways, they cultivated different approaches and aesthetics, which caused them to be often viewed as direct competitors. Read More...
Spend 47 days in the art world with Seen. Spend 47 days in the art world with Seen. Anna Uddenberg, Pelvic Trust (2017). Arriving at Anna Uddenberg’s studio on a quiet, tree-lined street in Kreuzberg, Berlin, she opens the door wearing plaid pajama pants, an oversize maroon mock-neck sweater, and what appear to be Balenciaga Triple S sneakers, which, she is careful to point out, are fakes. Read More...
From the Guardian archiveSimon HoggartFrom the archive, 31 March 1979: Car bomb kills MP Airey NeaveThe banned Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility for assassination of Tory Northern Ireland spokesman
The bomb exploded at just one minute to three. It made a cataclysmic noise and the echo crashed from wall to wall in New Palace Yard for several seconds.
In the chamber where Mr Peter Rees had just begun to speak on the Credit Unions Bill, it came as a dull rumble, and so thick and massive are the walls that in some recesses of the House it could not be heard at all. Read More...