By Maya Hobart My mother, Angela Hobart, who has died aged 86, was a social anthropologist who specialised in the study of the sacred art of Balinese shadow puppetry, by which poet-priests tell stories, projecting shadows of puppets at night under the flickering light of a coconut oil lamp. She…
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By Maya She walked like the wind, as though an invisible force propelled her down the paving stones of London, whizzing in and out of the Underground, her head bobbing up and down along with crowds of tourists and other Londoners. Her favourite place was the British Museum. Chances are,…
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Written by Dr Angela’s daughter, Maya REPORTING FROM SWITZERLAND During the day, church bells echo across the valleys; by the lake you can see flocks of white birds flying across the silver waves of the lake. But if if you look a little longer, if you look a little closer,…
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