The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Judi Sutherland - The Wrapping-Room
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This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
The Wrapping-Room
Judi Sutherland
In the palace of Versailles, a room was set
aside for the wrapping-up of gifts.
Picture it, industrious, equipped
with rolls of paper, ribbon reels, rosettes
and gauzy tissue in rococo shades –
where, schooled in the ancient art of origata
by a specially-imported Japanese master,
half a dozen buxom parcel-maids
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