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MAXINE PEAKE introduces this special edition of the Morning Star’s culture section
Actor, activist and Morning Star ambassador Maxine Peake
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KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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
AS ALWAYS, it feels very special to be asked to guest edit the Morning Star’s culture pages but never more so than now.
In these unprecedented times, we face a future landscape that may be unrecognisable to many of us, BC and AC, Before and After Covid.
But what will that landscape look like? Will we be faced with rubble, ruins and our foundations laid bare, confronting us with an opportunity to rebuild and rethink?
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