The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Trish Murtha captures beguiling images of unemployed youth
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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
YOUTH unemployment, the bleakly laconic title of a newly published volume of photographs by Trish Murtha, belies her creative engagement and interpretative talent.
She was no privileged, middle-class photographer from the south, slumming it among the northern working classes.
She was born and brought up among the children, the teenagers and families portrayed in the book.
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