JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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DAVID HARVIE recommends a selection of Harry Cleaver’s writing that documents working-class activism and offers a method, and a way of understanding and investigating the world
DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art
PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit
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LIKE The Gift, currently playing at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Marco Ramirez’s play offers a thoughtful and necessary engagement with black history.
Set in the first decade of the 20th century, The Royale’s focus is US boxer Jack Johnson, the “negro” world heavyweight champion.
But while he might be the best boxer at his weight on the planet, he can’t fight for the title because the reigning heavyweight champion won’t get into the ring with a black man.
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GORDON PARSONS is disappointed by an unsubtle production of this comedy of upper middle class infidelity
This is a concert of ambition and courage by organist and improviser Wayne Marshall, says SIMON DUFF