
The Visual CV: Peter Capaldi, best known as a mad spin doctor, is heading for “The Hour”. Matthew Sweet picks his best work...
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ArtscultureJuly/August 2012Matthew SweetThe Visual CV

Show him a sprawling city, and Mitch Dobrowner will find a way of dwarfing it. Simon Willis finds out what drew him to Los Angeles, captured in our latest photo essay...
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AmericaArtsFEATURESJuly/August 2012Photo EssayphotographySimon Willis

Authors on Museums: amid the frenzy of New York, the Old Masters of the Frick hang in contemplative calm. The poet Don Paterson revisits his favourites...
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Artsauthors on museumscultureDon PatersonJuly/August 2012

He makes pavilions from seeds, breathes life into buses, and has just won an award for his Olympic cauldron. Bryan Appleyard meets Thomas Heatherwick, whose quirky style points to a new kind of architecture ...
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ArchitectureArtsBryan AppleyardJanuary/February 2012STYLE

This Season: Irving Wardle looks forward to Jonathan Pryce's well-timed King Lear, while Isabel Lloyd picks the best of the rest in theatre...
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ArtsIrving WardleIsabel LloydJuly/August 2012theatreTHIS SEASON

Found in Translation: Javier Marías's books are now becoming Penguin Modern Classics. Simon Willis picks the best, "A Heart So White"...
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ArtsbookscultureFound in translationJuly/August 2012Simon Willis

Behind every new stadium or giant artwork is a team of engineers doing things that could not have been done a decade ago. Samantha Weinberg watches them at work...
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ArtscultureDesignJuly/August 2012Samantha Weinberg