DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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An advocate for the homeless
MARIA DUARTE recommends an insightful and very moving documentary in which the homeless take centre stage
COMPASSION: Lorna Tucker's Some's Daughter, Someone's son
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STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son (15)
Directed by Lorna Tucker
HOW do you resolve Britain’s homelessness and rough sleeping crisis? That is what writer-director Lorna Tucker outlines in her most personal and intimate film to date as she returns to her former haunts on the streets of London where she lived rough as a 15-year-old. The response from experts is: it isn’t rocket science.
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