A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in

A year since fleeing Kabul: ‘Now my children can grow up in

Chapter one

‘Everyone was running to go’

By the time we arrived at the big blue gate of Kabul airport, there must have been tens of thousands of people there. They were rushing from this gate to that for safety, shouting and yelling for help. Taliban were yelling at people and pointing their guns at them. You could hear gunshots

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‘Brilliant and ever-changing’: readers’ favourite street art

‘Brilliant and ever-changing’: readers’ favourite street art

Winning trip: Artistic highs, Esch, Luxembourg

The European Capital of Culture 2022 Esch-sur-Alzette (or simply Esch) is full of beautiful urban art. Some of it refers to the city’s industrial past, some of it to its modern cultural development and local heroes. Many of them are as high as the buildings they figure on which creates a spectacular impression. Artists

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Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

In the 1970s I went to free festivals like the Stonehenge free festival and the Windsor People’s free festival. In 1974 there wasn’t a law to prevent these activities but, given we were in the Queen’s back garden in Windsor, the police came, one of whom whacked me around the side of the head. I fell off my log,

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Victorian chimney in Leeds to be shortened over public

A Victorian chimney in Leeds – seen as a significant local landmark by campaigners – is to be shortened due to safety fears.

The 33-metre structure, which is more than 150 years old, is part of the Grade II-listed Stonebridge Mills in Farnley, which is being turned into homes as part of a £25m redevelopment.

Those involved in the assessment

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The Guardian view on commemorative art: remember differently

The return of Thomas Picton, a colonial slave owner turned fallen hero of the Battle of Waterloo, to the National Museum Cardiff marks another step in the delicate dance of curating Britain’s history. Demoted to a side room, Picton’s portrait is presented in a packing case with a plank across his groin area, a nod to emasculation in its

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Natsiaa 2022: Indigenous artist Rarru wins first prize with

Natsiaa 2022: Indigenous artist Rarru wins first prize with

A “monumental” hand-woven pandanus sail symbolising the centuries-long relationship between Yolngu of Arnhem Land and their Macassan neighbours in Indonesia, has taken out first prize in the prestigious National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art awards (Natsiaa).

Margaret Rarru Garrawurra, a senior Yolngu artist from Lanarra in Arnhem Land, created the stunning 2.8m-high hand-woven pandanus sail over several months of

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