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A memorial plaque on the city walls near Norman Gatehouse Castle Street in Exeter
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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
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The Last Witches of England: a Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition,
Bloomsbury Academic £25
THERE seems to be a rash of publications relating to witchcraft and witch-hunting at present, due to the situation in current politics.
When an accusation, alone, can be held to be proof of guilt, then witch hunting must seem to be a reasonable analogy.
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