'A precious, pretentious thing for precious, pretentious people'
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Arts & entertainment: A new play by US writer Bruce Norris is set to turn the Royal Court's gritty tradition of working-class protest on its head, says Jay Rayner.
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Readers remark on nanotubes, counterfeiting the euro, personal homepages, and the word of the day: IRONY. Plus: Links to our most popular blog posts.
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âRiver: The Joni Letters,â by Herbie Hancock can be understood as a celebration of the academyâs more high-minded pop impulses.
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Sure, it's old and revered -- but it's also critically flawed. Consider ignoring it.
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Tom Stoppardâs brilliance, while on obvious display in âThe Coast of Utopia,â is not serving the playwrightâs ostensible goal of creating a satisfactory work of dramatic art.
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The importance of keeping personal matters personal Comment Sometimes I hear a story that is simply breathtaking in its stupidity and potential for disaster. For your delectation, horror, and amazement, here is one relayed to me by a good friend a few days ago.â¦
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A modest proposal for a better world through 'Borat.'
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There's such a thing as being too efficient.
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What I want to say to a person of prejudice.
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Susan Jacoby's new book bemoans the state of American culture. Not only are citizens ignorant about essential knowledge, she says, but they also donât think it matters.
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This assured tragicomedy runs almost three hours but feels longer, which, believe it or not, is intended as praise.
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Some fashionable texts are based on ''shaky thinking.''
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This sweet-natured coming-of-age story manages a neat trick in our increasingly ``edge&#39;&#39;-obsessed television world: It&#39;s old-fashioned without seeming irrelevant.
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Sir, The Nelson Mail's glib and inapt title on a June 23 article "Nappies and compost cause a stink'' is inappropriate and obviously was penned by a philistine.   Compost should never "stink'' if made properly.
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A hipper niche of kid music is encouraging a curious form of parental connoisseurship, where ÂHigh FidelityÂ meets high chairs.
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What seem to be ordinary, everyday objects to some people can carry a storehouse of information about the ownerâs ideology.
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It is mood music conforming to the sentimental nature of the story that sets the album apart.