MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
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Irish Famine Memorial, Custom House Quay Dublin
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession
THE POTATO famine in Ireland began in September 1846 and its consequences were so shattering that it is ingrained in the Irish psyche to this very day.
More than a million people died over the following few years, when hunger and disease became omnipresent. Up to a quarter of the population emigrated, mostly to North America.
Although potato blight was the direct cause of the crop failure of Ireland’s staple food, there was also a political dimension which exacerbated the tragedy.
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