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June 2011
Comments on Blue Guide Literary Companions: Rome, London, Venice
Entertaining anthologies of writing–extracts from novels, letter, diaries, poems, histories, guide books–about or set in the destination. Lively introductions to each excerpt make them a pleasure to browse, a mine of fascinating insights to enjoy at home or to supplement a guide book on site. Buy the books from blueguides.com…
The 54th Venice Biennale stars Tintoretto
4th June–27th November 2011 www.labiennale.org The Biennale, the world’s leading modern art exhibition, is upon us once again. ‘An exuberant invitation to take part in growth and change’ (Rev John-Henry Bowden, former Chaplain of St George’s, Venice)? Or the emperor’s new clothes? Well, Jackie Wullschlager , the Financial Times’ influential art critic…
Holy Bones, Holy Dust
The latest book by Charles Freeman, freelance academic historian and historical consultant to the Blue Guides (published by Yale University Press, 2011; ISBN 978-0-300-12571-9). The subtitle, ‘How Relics shaped the History of Medieval Europe’, sounds more universal than it actually is: the relics in question are exclusively Christian; the book…
