MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Masters of Mankind
by Simon Haines
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
‘All for ourselves, and nothing for other people
— the vile maxim of the masters of mankind’
Adam Smith
We know who you are
as you flit across our
screens, board planes,
meet in Davros, oily
oligarchs, bonused
bigwigs, leering landlords,
bulging bishops, celebrities
who taunt, tease and trick us,
addled academics,
entitled royals
aimless heads still intact
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