DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot: The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence by John Lloyd
Forceful but flawed case against home rule for Scotland
WISHFUL THINKING? Scottish independence rally, 2018
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STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
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
GIVEN the continued lack of political appetite for a well-informed, reasoned debate about Scottish independence, John Lloyd’s new book on the topic is welcome.
By no means a dispassionate summary of the arguments — it comes out solidly against independence — it does at least give space to some of the salient points usually drowned out amid the soundbites and banalities.
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