Feuds


Black Canons: Peter Craven writes back

Meanjin editor Sophie Cunningham took Peter Craven to task for his review of the latest Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature. Here Peter Craven replies.

Van Gogh didn’t sever his ear, it was all Gaugin’s fault: historians

According to a new book the most famous ear in history was severed by a sword wielded by Paul Gauguin, in a drunken row over a woman called Rachel and the true nature of art.