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The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars by Frances Spalding (2022)

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‘For the first time since the eighteenth century, England is making a real contribution to an international art.’ (Nicolete Gray, impresario of the 1936 Abstract and Concrete exhibition, 1936. But was it?) ‘The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars’ by Frances Spalding is a...

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Island by Aldous Huxley (1962)

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‘What charming young people!’ (The protagonist of ‘Island’, cynical journalist Will Farnaby, commenting on the lovely young Palanese couple, Radhu and Ranga, page 98) ‘Underdeveloped countries… don’t have to follow your example. They’re still free to take the road we’ve taken – the road of applied...

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