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Virtuoso exposure of colonialism
DAN GLAZEBROOK recommends an outstanding one-man show that explores the colonial history of Sierra Leone
NUGGETS OF ANTI-COLONIAL HISTORY: Tayo Aluko brings the civil war of Sierra Leone to life
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RON JACOBS enjoys a great tale, told by a US communist, of the lives of working-class New Yorkers
BRENT CUTLER searches a new history of contemporary Iran for an understanding of the Islamic Republic, finding both interesting detail and glaring omissions
MARIA DUARTE recommends the true story of the remarkable woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault not once, but twice
KENNY MacASKILL is disappointed by a polemical, rather than factual, account of the Lone Star State and its political path since the civil war
PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by the lives of Charles and Mary Bagot, and the insight this biography shines on the morals of pre-Victorian society
GORDON PARSONS appreciates fine performances and a feel for ambiguity, but misses the music of the dialogue
Coleridge-Taylor of Freetown
Rotunda Theatre, Brighton
TAYO ALUKO’s third one-man play tackles the life of George Coleridge-Taylor, Sierra Leonean diplomat and nephew of black Victorian superstar composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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