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Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian

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As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist

As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist
31.03.2025 40

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins

Trump is trying to crush the arts – and he’s starting with the Kennedy Center

Trump is trying to crush the arts – and he’s starting with the Kennedy Center
20.03.2025 100

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins

Trump chairing a major arts institution would be laughable if it weren’t so deeply troubling

14.02.2025 5

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins

‘Worse than the 1980s’ – that’s the arts sector now. It’s not a good look for a Labour government

01.02.2025 50

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins

Why is Sophocles storming the West End? Because in our extreme times, his plays say the unsayable

25.01.2025 20

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Charlotte Higgins

Great movies can play fast and loose with history. But not Gladiator II with its rhinos and cafe culture

Does accuracy in a movie set in the past actually matter? When one historian pointed out errors in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the director brusquely...

19.11.2024 40

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins

How do Ukrainians survive the traumatic guilt of war? For many, the answer is art

War is made of blood and terror, but it is also made of emotion, not all of it logical, easy, pretty or comfortable to express. In Ukraine, there is...

12.08.2024 20

The Guardian

Charlotte Higgins