Author Archives: Jonathan Jones
12th February, 2013
Postcards from the past
POSTCARDS can be sublime, or ridiculous, or make the sublime into the ridiculous. These days, there are holographic postcards, Banksy postcards, nostalgic postcards, you name it; but a huge proportion will always be garish colour photos of beaches that are 20 years out of date.
POSTCARDS can be sublime, or ridiculous, or make the sublime into the ridiculous. These days, there are holographic postcards, Banksy postcards, nostalgic postcards, you name it; but a huge proportion will always be garish colour photos of beaches that are 20 years out of date.
30th January, 2013
Echoes of Bamiyan
THE reported destruction of two important manuscript collections by Islamist rebels as they fled Timbuktu is an offence to the whole of Africa and its universally important cultural heritage.
THE reported destruction of two important manuscript collections by Islamist rebels as they fled Timbuktu is an offence to the whole of Africa and its universally important cultural heritage.
