Presque vu XXIX

4th November 2007 with 0 Comments

Hari Kunzru and others join the debate over Monica Ali’s Brick Road:
Art isn’t about promoting social cohesion, or cementing community relations. It’s about telling the truth as you see it, even if it annoys or offends some people. That’s called freedom of expression, and last time I checked we all thought it was quite a [...]

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