Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
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Timely reminder of unity across Ireland’s sectarian divide
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
If you can see past the relentless commodification you will be rewarded by enormously powerful work, suggests JENNY MITCHELL
CHRIS SEARLE revels in the one-off collaboration between an American polymath and a British Muslim, and detects the presence of their revolutionary forebear
GORDON PARSONS revels in an ebullient production of Shakespeare’s magical comedy
BRENT CUTLER welcomes a thoughtful analysis of the Erdogan regime, viewed through the evolving history of a neighbourhood in Istanbul
GORDON PARSONS regrets the price, but is dazzled by an outstandingly ambitious study of the way art restoration in particular, and culture in general was weaponised by the Nazis
Struggle or Starve: Working-Class Unity in Belfast’s 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots
by Sean Mitchell (Haymarket Books, £14.99)
AS THE government pursues its policy of persecuting the poor, Struggle or Starve could be an epithet for Britain in 2017. In it, Sean Mitchell, socialist and founder of Ireland’s People Before Profit party, reminds us of an important part of Belfast history when Protestants and Catholics united to oppose a draconian Poor Law.
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