JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
In bed with radical Islam
Mark Curtis's book on Britain's dangerous foreign policy in the Middle East is an eye-opener, says IAN SINCLAIR
Prime Minister Theresa May meets Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud (left)
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam
by Mark Curtis
(Serpent’s Tail, £10.99)
THE SO-CALLED war on terror the West has been waging since 9/11 is “a joke,” says historian Mark Curtis in this updated edition of Secret Affairs, first published in 2010.
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