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Shabaka's jazz rave

23+ hour, 48+ min ago  (253+ words) 50% off limited time offer Friday 10 April 2026 The latest evolutionary phase of the musician formerly known as "Shabaka Hutchings" begins simply tonight, as one long, sinuous, unaccompanied flute line. It's faintly Arabic in lilt, zig"zagging up a scale. We're unanchored....

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Abdulrazak Gurnah: "Tanzania is deeply embedded in my ima. ..

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (639+ words) Friday 27 March 2026 Potrait by Carl Bigmore Theft is your first novel published since winning the Nobel" prize. Did the accolade make you feel constrained in terms of writing? Only constrained because of time"; I had started the novel before. It's…...

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The grid: School prom, South Africa-style

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (39+ words) The Observer Sunday 22 March 2026 Alice Mann, The Night Is Young is published by Idea The big picture: Seungho Kim's "perfect' fried egg The grid: Joel Meyerowitz's still life subjects...

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Cricket's new era: vibes, visions and empty promises

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (442+ words) Saturday 14 March 2026 Yet Ahmed is particularly disliked in India having once posted a picture on Instagram captioned "Having the last cup of FANTASTIC evening TEA before Ramadan begins," a perceived reference to an Indian fighter pilot captured in Kashmir in…...