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in the media Saturday 16 May 2015

Is any painting worth $179 million?

Tiffany Jenkins debates the record-breaking sale of Picasso's Les Femmes d’Alger (Version O) for the Guardian's Comment is free READ MORE

in the media Friday 8 May 2015

A waste of space

Claire Fox's column in The MJ takes aim at local authorities for their zealous and bizarre use of Public Space Protection Orders for silencing the necessary noise and bustle of everyday life READ MORE

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Book discussion: Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

Monday 2 July, 7pm, Central London