“At a deeper level, however, use of spolia usurped and appropriated the might and worth of rulers, donors, and civilizations who originally built the monuments from which spolia elements were taken, and imbued new structures with added significance.”
“A month later I am dead. So, girls, if you want my advice, never play Eve, the mother of all men.”
“In subsequent weeks, I might take time to look at it and see what I’ve done. Or in this case, listen to the waves.”
A new comic for the Magpies’ Comic Section.
We are the upsetters.
A collection of all the articles we’ve published over the past month, for those who like to savor their Magpies’ tidings as an issue.
Heat wave ramblings.
Dr. Gavin Brown speaks about the way in which the role of music in black South African society translated into its becoming a powerful tool in its political culture.
An excerpt from Bonnie Yochelson’s wonderful biography of photographer Alice Austen.
“Known as the “Tenth Muse” or as ‘The Phoenix of America’ due to her formidable achievements in literature and scholarship, she is now revered as an early feminist.”
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