JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The unbreakable female artist
SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a wonderful tribute to Kahlo’s extraordinary life and art
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
Frida Kahlo, Her life, Her Work, Her Home
Francisco De La Mora, SelfMadeHero, £15.99
FRIDA KAHLO was an extraordinary woman in that, against all odds, she became an internationally acclaimed female artist in a male-dominated art world.
Born in Mexico in 1907, she contracted polio at the age of six, recovered, but was left with one leg shorter than the other. Encouraged by her father, she played football and took up wrestling — unusual activities at that time for a young woman.
Later, aged 18, she was involved in a terrible bus accident resulting in a fractured spine and pelvis which were life-long injuries.
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