Art in the Open Art in the Open ‘May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears’ The Nelson Mandela statue in Pretoria epitomises the early, but yet to be fulfilled, promise of an all-embracing prosperous ‘Rainbow Nation’
Theatre Reviews Arts | Tuesday 30th Nov 2021 Theatre Reviews Christmas children shows round-up with Lynee Walsh
Exhibition Tuesday 30th Nov 2021 Exhibition A past waiting to be resurrected Posters of the Mozambican revolution are an eloquent reminder of the now erased aspirations and achievements during Frelimo rule, writes RICHARD GRAY
Theatre Review Monday 29th Nov 2021 Theatre Review A panto let down by inconsistent writing and direction Aladdin Lyric Hammersmith, London
Monday 29th Nov 2021 ‘You can hear what a beautiful player he was’ Chris Searle speaks to VAL WILMER about veteran virtuoso New Orleans clarinettist Albert Nicholas
Music Monday 29th Nov 2021 Music Album reviews with Simon Duff: November 29, 2021 New releases from Aya, The Fall and Jon Hopkins
Book Review Monday 29th Nov 2021 Book Review A marred understanding of the present Nothing to Lose but Our Chainsby Jane HardyPluto Press £19.99
Book Review Monday 29th Nov 2021 Book Review The colour of meaning and the meanings of colour A tightrope between the profound and the profane sense of the colour, writes ROX MIDDLETON
Book Review Monday 29th Nov 2021 Book Review Israel wields power but lacks strength ‘The most powerful form of resistance lies in maintaining one’s humanity in the face of tyranny,’ is an all-poignant moral definition of Palestinian struggle, writes SUE TURNER
Book Review Monday 29th Nov 2021 Book Review Personal snapshots that are windows onto a peoples’ ongoing history Highly responsible and necessary work that opens up a goldmine, writes ANGUS REID
Album Review Thursday 02nd Dec 2021 Album Review 2021 round-up with Ian Sinclair Memorable albums were released by Jim Ghedi, John Francis Flynn, Sam Fender, Faye Webster and Valerie June and two impressive novels published: Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler and Bewilderment by Richard Powers
Album Reviews Friday 26th Nov 2021 Album Reviews Album reviews with Kevin Bryan, Ben Lunn and Chris Searle New releases from Green Diesel, Guntis Kuzma and Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Roy Hargrove/Mulgrew Miller, Maartin Allcock, Irina Muresanu and Valentina Sandu-Dediu, Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra, Affinity, bloodcog, Angelika Nescier/Alexander Hawkins
