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This week’s Spotify playlist
Each week a new playlist will be available for readers to listen to on Spotify. The music is selected because of its relevance to the blog or to the news.…
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Appropriation or appreciation – who makes the decisions?
The artist, Yinka Shonibare, has long employed art to explore and expose colonial attitudes, using cloth that originated in the Dutch colonies and that are now associated with Africa, to…
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The amazing coelacanth
This week, the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf) held an online talk about coelacanths, the ancient fish that still live in the ocean. This fascinating creature has been the…
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Fantastic cardigans, Oz style
Just across the water something rather marvellous has been going on that those of us who like knitwear might just have fallen in love with. WAH-WAH Australia is a fabulous…
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Music to read a blog by
This week sees the introduction of a new element for the blog: a Spotify playlist. To listen to the music that has been on the earphones this week, click on…
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Last week’s links
Last week there was a hiccough on the blog. Well, actually, to tell the truth, it was more than a hiccough. The blog and its associated website decided to go…
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Appropriation or appreciation – introduction
When does appreciation turn into some else? What makes using something “appropriation” and what doesn’t? What is “appropriation” anyway? This week sees the first entry in a series of articles…
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June Black
A new painting has entered the collection. Its creator was a fascinating and eccentric artist with a refined taste for fine fabrics and costume. June Black loved clothes and fashion,…
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Guided tour of The Nature of Textiles
This coming week is the last chance to see The Nature of Textiles, the show curated with pieces from the textile collection. On Friday 20th at 10am there will be…
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Appropriation or appreciation?
Recently friends have been asking the current Big Question: what, in my opinion, is the difference between appropriation and appreciation? These days, appropriation is a Hot Topic and rightly so.…
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