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#AlphabetChallenge A new exhibition is opening at The Cooper Gallery on 17 January: Straight A's by John Ledger.

A deeply personal look into the adult life of Barnsley born artist, John Ledger, told through five powerful themes: Anxiety, Anorexia, Alcohol, Ageing, and Art #WeekAForAbstract
Large abstract mural-style illustration depicting a surreal, dystopian landscape with intertwining pink trees and black thorny branches over a grey background, filled with sharp, chaotic lines. The left side shows pink organic forms resembling nerve pathways or veins, embedded with small signposts containing words like “luxury,” “new,” “cure,” and “love,” alongside green city blocks and stacks of money suggesting consumerism and capitalism. The center features a red, bleeding tree or heart-like form radiating jagged red strokes, symbolizing pain, collapse, or crisis. The right side contrasts with dark, leafless black trees holding hanging signs reading phrases such as “make your choice,” “difficult decision,” “take regular breaks,” “it’s your life,” and “hope,” evoking themes of mental health, control, and personal struggle. The bottom is cluttered with shopping carts, debris, coins, and industrial elements, reinforcing themes of overconsumption, societal pressure, economic anxiety, and emotional turmoil in a contemporary political and psychological commentary artwork.
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.
May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. Expository text: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05
April 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM