Beth Hurst

Arts Column: Why does Mona Lisa make us smile?

In the Louvre, Paris, the Gallery map highlights exactly where notable works are situated by wing, floor, and room number. Even more than that, certain works are signposted with paper on the walls featuring a picture of the painting or sculpture, and a large black arrow. Almost as if the...
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Posted Nov. 3, 2015

Course reading: enjoyable?

How many of us actually enjoy reading the required material for our degrees? Warwick students reveal their true attitudes towards course reading
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Posted Jul. 28, 2015

Review: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’

There is a certain expectation when it comes to theatre adaptations of well-known books. This could be seen as the case with Angus Jackson’s adaptation of John Boyne’s ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ – a book critically acclaimed in its own right, selling more than five million copies and...
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Posted Jul. 12, 2015

Concepts and Questions – Bryony Kimmings comes to Codpiece

The only thing more shocking than the purple lipstick around Bryony Kimmings mouth, is what comes out of it. So shocking that it cannot be put in print, but goes something like this: “British theatre is rubbish…or maybe I’m just being an idiot!” In her last project Credible Likeable Superstar...
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Posted Oct. 24, 2014