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    Author: Lana Crowe

    Amateur literary critic/freelance copywriter/Guardian and Observer subeditor from East London.

    Poetech: Shall I compare thee to GPT-3? Shakespeare v AI

    How will GPT-3’s reimagining of a Shakespeare classic hold up under literary scrutiny?

    October 5, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    ‘Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not’: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    Alan Sillitoe’s 1958 novel has been praised for its authentic depiction of postwar Nottingham. But does its innovative style cast off the label of ‘realist’?

    September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    What did Duke Ellington have to say about racism?

    The bandleader and composer was reserved in talking about his experiences of racism. But his music speaks volumes

    August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    The sound of silence in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

    Morrison demonstrates how imagining music in the mind’s ear can function in literature

    August 23, 2020September 22, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    House music: Dua Lipa’s architectural name drop, explained

    The pop star’s latest album nods to architect John Lautner. Is it anything more than a metaphor gone wrong?

    August 18, 2020August 23, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    When did the tube do away with first class?

    Victorian London scrapped carriage classes on the Underground. But did it make the tube the ‘great leveller’ it was hoped to be?

    April 1, 2020August 29, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    Chloƫ Grace Moretz impresses in a conventional yet charming YA drama

    September 14, 2018July 18, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    Why mockneys need to sling their ‘ook

    It’s time to have a butcher’s at the problem with mockneys in the media

    August 9, 2018July 10, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    A-flat for Billy Strayhorn

    The jazz world was blessed to have composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn

    July 22, 2018July 10, 2020 by Lana Crowe

    Art Made Now

    The Royal Academy of Arts’ 250th Summer Exhibition is marries tradition and the 21st century

    July 4, 2018July 10, 2020 by Lana Crowe

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