Wax Vanitas
Lenka Sediva argues that Wellcome Collection’s Wax Vanitas is an artwork for our uncertain times.
‘History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life’ reviewed by Dr Tom Widger
History of a suicide: My sister’s unfinished life by Jill Bialosky (Granta, 2015). History of a Suicide by Jill Bialosky is a moving and deeply personal account of her younger sister’s suicide and the author’s own
‘When Breath Becomes Air’ reviewed by Dr Rebecca Oxley
‘When Breath Becomes Air’ by Paul Kalanithi (The Bodley Head, 2016). A short and profound book, When Breath Becomes Air gets right to the heart of the matter; the prologue commences with a final-year
‘Dead: A Celebration of Mortality’ reviewed by Dr Hannah Rumble
‘Dead: A Celebration of Mortality’ by Charles Saatchi (Booth-Clibborn Editions, 2015) I was eager to read ‘Dead: A celebration of mortality’ authored by the well-known co-founder of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and