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• A thrifty way to redecorate Downing Street | Brief letters

  01-09-2024 17:37
  Inside No 10 | Thatcher’s legacy | Social services | Alumni or alumna? | Prime ministers’ days in officeWhat’s all the fuss about (Keir Starmer ‘gets rid of’ 10 Downing Street’s Thatcher portrait, 29 August)? I’m constantly moving pictures around in my house. It’s a cheaper option to change the look of a room than spending thousands on glitzy wallpaper, as Boris Johnson did. Borrow a lovely Hockney – that would add a bit of colour and fun to
  
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• Three things with Abdul Abdullah: ‘I saw a TikTok that said if you’re a grown man who uses a backpack, you’ve made some poor life choices’

  01-09-2024 17:00
  
  In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about objects, the Perth-born artist shares a painting that takes pride of place in his home – and why he won’t be shamed for toting a bagRead more Three Things interviewsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAbdul Abdullah’s work interrogates otherness and Australian identity with a precision that has led to him being shortlisted many times for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. While the potency of his art is constant,
  
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• The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain review – compelling proof that objects do talk…

  01-09-2024 10:00
  
  Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  From William Nicholson’s lustrous silver casket to a prisoner’s last meal, this first major show devoted to British still life is full of surprises and private collection gemsThe curators of The Shape of Things: Still Life in Britain, an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester that could hardly be more enjoyable if it tried, refuse to get too hung up on the idea that a chipped jug might bear witness to turmoil; that stained teapots really h
  
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