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The Hungarian painter Endre Szasz, who has died aged 77, was known for his surrealist-symbolic style and his astounding technique, which earned him a reputation as a Paganini of fine art. This was memorably illustrated in 1984 in Amman, when the paintings he was due to exhibit failed to turn up. Undeterred, he painted them

The Yugoslavian was forced to Germany, then moved to the US and brought psychedelic wonder to his native music. After a rediscovery in a Hollywood record store, he can finally be heard War, slave labour, concentration camps and life as a refugee: having survived such hardships, it is no wonder Yugoslavian musician Branko Mataja was

During the winter of 1972-73, the photographer Jon Naar, who has died aged 97, walked the streets and rode the subways of New York, taking shots of spray-can graffiti. At the time these displays were generally considered to amount to little more than vandalism: the mayor had recently declared war on them.

This ambitious retelling from Julias point of view gives Winston Smiths lover the agency she lacked For decades, feminists have been pointing out undeniable limitations to George Orwells work and life. As Deirdre Beddoe put it nearly 40 years ago, he was totally blind to the role that women were and are forced to play,

Love blossoms between a young black man and a middle-aged white mother in Hornbys assured, if cosy, new novel In this age of anxiety about cultural appropriation and suchlike, kudos to Nick Hornbys bold move in Just Like You. He narrates one half of it from the point of view of a working-class black man