The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Sam Berkson - Another Veteran with a Head Wound
Edited by JODY PORTER
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
Another Veteran with a Head Wound
Sam Berkson
“I see his uniform is woven / Of blood, bone, flesh and hair” – Adrian Mitchell
An ex-squaddie.
All misery and all lightness
council born and bred
scum of the earth, me.
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