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He had a way of depicting royalty which heralded or even in some way created a new kind

He had a way of depicting royalty which heralded or even, in some way, created a new kind of king: human, fallible, vulnerable – and ultimately disposable. As Robert Hughes once put it, his portraiture rests on “a diplomatic agreement between truth and etiquette, between private opinion and public mask”.So, it is possible to argue [...]

He himself became a significant patron of Piper turning him loose on Renishaw Hall

He himself became a significant patron of Piper, turning him loose on Renishaw Hall, the Sitwell family home in Derbyshire. Too big an if: yet even the thought of it is cheering.Abracadabra: International Contemporary Art – Tate Gallery, Milbank; everyday until 26 Sept; admission pounds 6, concs pounds 4. And I think that those who [...]

But at least the independent counsel statute has now been scrapped American

But at least the independent counsel statute has now been scrapped American government may ultimately prove to be the winner.. His misfortune was to run up against Ken Starr, uniquely unable to see the mismatch between the offence and the proposed punishment In the end, both men lost. What remains is a gap between the [...]

But this was no Sibelian silence: Osborne has been busy elsewhere chiefly in Bosnia

But this was no Sibelian silence: Osborne has been busy elsewhere, chiefly in Bosnia and the Caucasus, using music to help children traumatised by war. Then his name suddenly seemed to vanish from the concert programmes. UNTIL TEN years or so ago, Nigel Osborne was at the forefront of Britain’s avant-garde. Rosalind Paul catches the [...]

 
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He had a way of depicting royalty which heralded or even, in some way, created a new kind of king: human, fallible, vulnerable – and ultimately disposable. As Robert Hughes once put it, his portraiture rests on “a diplomatic agreement between truth and etiquette, between private opinion and public mask”.So, it is possible to argue [...]

 

He himself became a significant patron of Piper, turning him loose on Renishaw Hall, the Sitwell family home in Derbyshire. Too big an if: yet even the thought of it is cheering.Abracadabra: International Contemporary Art – Tate Gallery, Milbank; everyday until 26 Sept; admission pounds 6, concs pounds 4. And I think that those who [...]

 

But at least the independent counsel statute has now been scrapped American government may ultimately prove to be the winner.. His misfortune was to run up against Ken Starr, uniquely unable to see the mismatch between the offence and the proposed punishment In the end, both men lost. What remains is a gap between the [...]

 

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