PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
Hack Attack, by Nick Davies (Chatto and Windus, £20)
This excellent book reveals the true horror of a media empire run wild, spreading corruption into almost every area of public life.
The consequences for democracy are huge, with Guardian journalist Nick Davies unveiling nothing less than the British equivalent of the Watergate scandal.
GAVIN O’TOOLE recommends a methodical unmasking of the US media’s complicity in the Israeli genocide, that should be a template for what’s needed to bring Britain’s corporate media to book
Enduring myths blame print unions for their own destruction – but TONY BURKE argues that the Wapping dispute was a calculated assault by Murdoch on organised labour, which reshaped Britain’s media landscape and casts a long shadow over trade union rights today
JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy
At the very moment Britain faces poverty, housing and climate crises requiring radical solutions, the liberal press promotes ideologically narrow books while marginalising authors who offer the most accurate understanding of change, writes IAN SINCLAIR


