DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Political theatre and the Miners’ Strike
DAWN EVANS recommends the memoir of A39, the remarkable Cornish political theatre troupe
Paul Farmer in a Miracle Theatre street performance, Falmouth, Cornwall, Spring 1984; One & All! poster for A39’s first performance at The Crypt Centre, Truro, March 1985; One & All!–the Tinners’ Jig live at Geevor Mine, days before closure
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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
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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
After The Miners’ Strike - A39 and Cornish Political Theatre Verses Thatcher’s Britain
Paul Farmer, Open Books, £23.99
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