In a nutshell: The Observer‘s Kim Willsher and Vanessa Thorpe remind us how writers and artists can serve as the social and political conscience of a culture in turbulent times.
How Hugo and Manet unveiled Paris’s poor and privileged facesThe iron gates of the short passageway, a stone’s throw from the increasingly trendy Montorgueil district of Paris and a brief walk from the prostitutes of Saint Denis, are closed to the public these days.
via Guardian