La Plage, from 1900, by artist Alfred-Victor Fournier
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CHARLIE CONNELLY offers his selection of perfect holiday reading, from the latest new European paperbacks
I’m ready for the holidays. I’ve a clean vest ironed, a selection of handkerchiefs knotted in each corner to protect me from the sun’s harmful rays and I’ve been practising rolling up my trouser legs to mid-calf level for a couple of weeks now. This guy is, let me tell you, beach body ready.
In this state of demob happiness my thoughts have travelled via brown ale, whelks and sticks of rock to beach reading. Last month I revealed here my infallible recipe for good holiday literature: a thriller, an anthology, a literary prizewinner, some poetry and a stone-cold classic novel. I’m particularly looking forward to cracking the spine of some O. Henry short stories and getting sand and bits of ham sandwich between the pages of Dorothy L. Sayers’
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What s On Scotland 23 Apr-7 May: Night Fever & more
The next two weeks sees museums and galleries reopen, with a flagship exhibition at the V&A Dundee exploring the historic design of club culture. Meanwhile, Manipulate bring live outdoor theatre to Edinburgh and Femspectives kicks off another programme. Feature by Anahit Behrooz | 23 Apr 2021
Exhibitions are back baby! And we don t just mean online! From 1 May, the V&A Dundee is reopening its doors to visitors, with new exhibition
Night Fever: Designing Club Culture taking centre stage. The first major global exhibition to explore the relationship between club culture and design,
Night Fever spans the 1960s through to the present day, spotlighting iconic clubs from New York to Berlin and everywhere in between to discover the subversive history of nightclub design.