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La Cath\u00e9drale Engloutie (1952) by Ithell Colquhoun<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Many of the recent lists of “where to start with the music of [x]” aren’t filling an urgent requirement, but in the case of Sun Ra\u2014whose discography runs to 95 albums\u2014any guide is a useful one: Sean Kitching<\/a> chooses 10 recordings from the Ra galaxy. I’m not unacquainted with Sun Ra’s music but there’s so much of it that almost all these suggestions are news. Related: Namwali Serpell<\/a> on the life and work of a cosmic visionary.<\/p>\n \u2022 Coming soon from Strange Attractor, Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of The Fern Loved Gulley<\/em><\/a> by Amy Hale, the first book-length study of the life and work of the British Surrealist and occult artist.<\/p>\n \u2022 I doubt I’ll get to see it but I’m pleased to know that the prematurely shuttered Aubrey Beardsley exhibition is returning to Tate Britain<\/a>. You’ll need a Decadent face-mask.<\/p>\n \u2022 And speaking of music lists, Alexis Petridis<\/a> compiles a ranking of all the songs by a little-known post-punk band from Manchester.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Last Arcadian (Process Mix)<\/a><\/em>: more psychotropic nougat from Moon Wiring Club.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kill Me Again\u2026 Ken Hollings<\/a> on Ennio Morricone and the music of the future.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mervyn Peake<\/a>‘s visual archive has been acquired by the British Library.<\/p>\n \u2022 Anitra Pavlico<\/a> on the fantastic world (and music) of Maurice Ravel.<\/p>\n \u2022 Stanley Stellar<\/a>‘s photos of the New York gay scene in the 1980s.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Dennis Cooper’s: Fetish<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 RIP Judy Dyble<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Wikidelia<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 Chelsea Morning<\/a><\/em> (1968) by Fairport Convention | I Talk To The Wind<\/a><\/em> (1968) by Giles, Giles & Fripp feat. Judy Dyble | Morning Way<\/a><\/em> (1970) by Trader Horne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"