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Even the bastions of good health and sound management were being breached this week, as there seemed to be nowhere on earth that the coronavirus was not spreading, whether creeping or rushing full steam ahead. The United States, Brazil, India, and South Africa continued to drive a global surge in cases, but COVID-19 was also on the rise across...

In an increasingly familiar refrain, the week kicked off with Martin Scorsese having to defend his stance on comic book movies, courtesy of an opinion piece in The New York Times. In an interview with Empire magazine published last month, Scorsese had said that Marvel movies are 'not cinema', comments which provoked a fierce backlash. In the Times, Scorsese...

After a refurbishment costing £8 million which has taken two and a half years to complete, today York Art Gallery reopened. Since shutting its doors in January 2012, the venue has seen its exhibition space increased by 60%, with the creation of new first-floor galleries, and an expansion into some of the rooms previously occupied by the City Archives. An enlarged café area,...