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The English statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon wrote his utopian tale New Atlantis at the very end of his life in the early 17th century. Three centuries later it was heralded by Daphne Oram and others as a prophecy of modern electronic music. In an exclusive extract from his introduction to a new edition of the book for Repeater Books, tQ's books ed Robert Barry explains why
The English statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon wrote his utopian tale New Atlantis at the very end of his life in the early 17th century. Three centuries later it was heralded by Daphne Oram and others as a prophecy of modern electronic music. In an exclusive extract from his introduction to a new edition of the book for Repeater Books, tQ's books ed Robert Barry explains why
As he opens a show of new paintings at Blain|Southern’s London space, British painter Michael Simpson recalls his days at the Royal College with Hockney and Caulfield, explains his hatred of religion, and why he gets envious of abstract artists
As he opens a show of new paintings at Blain|Southern’s London space, British painter Michael Simpson recalls his days at the Royal College with Hockney and Caulfield, explains his hatred of religion, and why he gets envious of abstract artists
Michael Hollingshead was the man who first gave LSD to Timothy Leary – and by his own account, also to a host of other celebrities, from Paul McCartney to Roman Polanski and Charles Mingus. But was there a darker side to the countercultural legend? Andy Roberts' new book digs deeper
Michael Hollingshead was the man who first gave LSD to Timothy Leary – and by his own account, also to a host of other celebrities, from Paul McCartney to Roman Polanski and Charles Mingus. But was there a darker side to the countercultural legend? Andy Roberts' new book digs deeper
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