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Clare Best

A man and a woman in period costume from around the 1600s by the look of the wig. They are standing either side of a chemists wooden counter and red smoke billows in the air

Collaboration and Transformation II

Clare Best on collaborating with composers and musicians, translators and book designers

Photo credit: Guildhall School of Music & Drama

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a black and white portrait of Clare, she is turned from the camera, scar tissue is visible were her breasts were

Collaboration and Transformation I

Clare Best on her experiences of collaborative artistic work

Photo by Laura Stevens

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Collage style illustration off a man made up oaf various images including flowers and butterflies, the predominant colour is red, and he is on a black background which has a number of butterflies and a Passion flower

This is the naming of trees / this is a series of flames / this is watching you all disappear

Clare Best reviews All the Men I Never Married by Kim Moore (Seren, 2021)

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Book cover of 'Time' by Etel Adnan

Today I see eternity everywhere

Clare Best reviews Time by Etel Adnan, translated from the French by Sarah Riggs (Nightboat Books, New York, 2019)

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