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
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Books: ROUND-UP 2013
Star reviewers remind us of the titles they were most impressed by in the last 12 months
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
Karl Marx by Jonathan Sperber meticulously plots Marx's life, showing how the political philosopher, activist and family man lived and worked through the tumultuous revolutionary struggles of the mid-19th century.
It's fascinating reading how the biographer pursues his admitted aim to present Marx as "a backward-looking figure" immersed in the daily struggles of his own time but largely irrelevant to our day.
Yet it's an irony of history, which Marx recognised only too well, that sees this work of many years' preparatory research finally being published at the height of a crippling crisis in capitalism, reinforcing the truth of Marx's analysis of the nature and development of the system.
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