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‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ author Tom Wolfe dies aged 88
Writer dies in Manhattan hospital after infection, his agent Lynn Nesbit confirms
Milos Forman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest director, dies aged 86
Film director, a key figure of the Czech new wave before emigrating to US, also had Hollywood success with Amadeus
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The sexual politics have dated but the themes of Miloš Forman’s classic remain potent and urgent
The cinematic eye of Patrick Morrison
Utopia and dystopia loom large in the work of the Cork-born painter, who died last year
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Rachel Kushner’s broad brush creates art from politics, science and motorbikes
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