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Ben Murray

Culture, books, film. And a serialised book about Marcel Proust.

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Proust and Whistler

Detail from Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac (1891-2) by James McNeill Whistler. The Frick Collection, New York.


“In my intentionally naked room there is only one reproduction of a work of art: an...

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Nine MORE websites that prove the Internet isn't totally awful

Meg Ryan masters electronic mail in the olden days

Firstly, forgive me for rehashing this format, but I couldn’t help it.

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Zurbarán – a short film about an artist you need to know

Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose (1633) by Francisco de Zurbarán. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.

I just wanted to share this new mini-documentary about the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, which I worked on recently for the...

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Zurbarán in nine paintings

Detail from Saint Francis in Meditation (1635-9) by Francisco de Zurbarán. The National Gallery, London.

Looking at his work today, it’s hard to imagine that Francisco de Zurbarán spent so many years in the wilderness. But it’s true. Commi...

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The Highland Laddie, Leeds

In every generation, two opposing impulses. One to preserve, the other to destroy. Eros and Thanatos. St Pancras and Euston. Either way, the question of what comes next remains – ‘utopian future’ or ‘fantasy past’. Here, they’ve leaned into...

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    Writer and musician. Mainly culture, especially books and film, but also creative fiction and non-fiction. Author of a novel about reading Proust and the creator of Proust FM.

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