The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Syria’s tragedy unpacked
JOE GILL welcomes a study of the post-colonial disaster that has overwhelmed Syria
Mine clearing by International Mine Action Centre of the Russian Defence Ministry in Aleppo, Syria in 2016
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This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Syria Burning
by Charles Glass, Verso, £8.99
THIS reprint of Charles Glass’s 2015 book Syria Burning holds up well eight years on, as the war recedes but the country remains irretrievably broken.
The veteran journalist delves into Syria’s history, assisted by his extensive travels and interviews with Syrians, to help explain the catastrophe that befell the country.
It was already clear when the book was published eight years ago that the early hopes of protesters for a transition to democracy, an end to torture and more freedom had evolved into a brutal civil war pitting Bashar al-Assad’s fearsome intelligence services and military against foreign-funded militants who were waging a sectarian crusade against Syria’s mosaic of religious minorities.
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ALEX HALL follows the battered fortunes of Syria, a multi-ethnic country caught in the crossfire of competing imperialist interests
