The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Gold lost in the gravel
State of Paranoia fails to penetrate the detritus of propaganda and disinformation surrounding North Korea and see the wider picture, says KENNY COYLE
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
North Korea:
State of Paranoia
by Paul French
(Zed Books, £9.99)
HAVING read Paul French’s North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula, published a decade ago, I was looking forward to a greatly updated version and even an answer as to why there had been a change in title.
Unfortunately, this version is approximately 90 per cent the same as its predecessor, with entire chapters repeated virtually verbatim. Only a foreword and concluding chapter constitute any genuinely new material.
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