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For devotees of the “It’s a Man’s World” department, what more could we ask in the way of Instant Courage?

By Sarah Hardacre 2020

Paper collage: book page and magazine cutting.
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Architect: Sir Frederick Gibberd
Built: 1960-1967
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Hollingsworth, Mary (1988) Architecture Of The 20th Century. London: Bison Books Ltd
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Model: Bambu Lynn-Davies
Penthouse: Vol. 1 No. 3, Jun/Jul 1965

Photo 2026 04 09 09 05 09 1783690451 Sarah Hardacre

She is a creature made for velvet cushions, shipwrecked on a balcony of damp disdain

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