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Boswell’s ability to sing about and paint pain on paper is a graceful sight for teary eyes.
BARBARA BOSWELL

On our Lists the week: Louisa Mvemve, Barbara Boswell and Made in America

In between working on Friday copy, this is what the team reads, listens to and watches.

  • Arts Desk
3 min read
The cosmetics industry has made billions out of people who think that being light or white is right.
CATHERINE BURNS

Wiser’s Burns responds to roundtable criticism

Following an article criticising a Wiser panel discussion’s lack of black women on its panel, the institute’s Catherine Burns has penned a response.

  • Catherine Burns
2 min read
‘Given the lamentable gulf between science and arts education in South Africa we need to begin to learn how to frame a shared conversation.’ (Supplied)
CATHERINE BURNS

Into a new interdisciplinary space

Wits takes first steps in framing a much-needed conversation between the sciences and the arts.

  • Ashlee Masterson
  • Catherine Burns
4 min read
Cerebrally political: Wits humanities dean Tawana Kupe welcomed the audience to the Wiser/M&G seminar.
CATHERINE BURNS

Who says analysis is wasted on the young?

The ANC’s ‘second transition’ sparked intense debate among students and academics alike.

  • Catherine Burns
4 min read