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this issue
No. 144 February 1985
LettersUpdate
Taking Issue - Ashok Mitra
 YOU ARE THE ARTIST
Money takes art away from people. Femi Ajayi-Wood argues that our creative instincts
are only temporarily blocked.
The Culture Club – THE FACTS
Keep it light
From Vancouver to Jakarta we hear the same old songs. Roger Wallis explains why.
Mona Lisa chalks up
High art and alternative culture clash in Liverpool when cousin Mandy comes to stay.
Christine Hughes describes the collision.
Colour me purple
A chance for you to paint your masterpiece – and have your progress monitored by
Gabriela Müller.
Ghostwriters
Monica Connell shows why women find it hard to write – and harder still to get
their efforts published.
You are the poet
Well-known poet Roger McGough accepted our invitation to write a poem. We invite you
all to do likewise.
The fire still burns
There is a battle going on to keep culture alive in Britain’s industrial North
East. Chris Johnson reports from the front.
Portrait of the artist
Four people talk about the problems of living as artists – from paying the rent to
filling the page.
Living tombs
Is it possible to be deeply affected in an art gallery? Linda Cabe exposes the museum
mystique.
Men first
Ben Burt looks at what remains of traditional Pacific art – and at the way it
excluded women.
New York, New York
Alisa Soloman witnesses American art turning political and taking to the streets.
Idea for action
Book reviewsCountry profile: BelizeFront cover illustration: Hector Cattolica
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