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“... French authorities, arrange visas and establish secure routes out of France. The ideal candidate, Andy Marino writes, would have been ‘tough and nerveless’, capable of thinking clearly under pressure, ‘adaptable to illegality and those who commonly practised it’. Varian Fry, ‘a neurasthenic intellectual and expert on the ancient ...”

“... of the Premier League action, plus Eurosoccer by the yard, plus The Boot Room, The Big League, Andy Gray and all manner of other soccer-goodies. With Sky, I need never walk again. Why don’t I then – sign up? A few months ago, when it was announced that a deal had been struck between the BBC, BSkyB and the Premier League, my answer would have ...”

“... Sherman and John Coplans; the sculptors Jeff Koons, Antony Gormley and Marc Quinn; the painters Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon and Jenny Saville; the performance and video artists Joseph Beuys, Rebecca Horn, Bruce Nauman, Arnulf Rainer and Matthew Barney. Their work commonly involves the display of the artists themselves in extremis: Orlan’s increasingly ...”