JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
Apocalyptic visions
JOHN GREEN recommends the exhibitions of work by two of Britain’s most important and influential post-war documentary photographers
(L to R) Family on a Sunday walk, Skinningrove, 1982; The Station, Gateshead, 1985
[Chris Killip]
Re-releases from Iain Matthews, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and The Charlie Daniels Band
JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
20/20: Chris Killip/Graham Smith
Augusta Edwards Fine Art
Chris Killip, retrospective
The Photographers' Gallery
Chris Killip 1946-2020, Thames & Hudson, £50
LITTLE do many realise, when they visit the affluent towns and villages of south-east England or London’s crowded shopping centres that they are experiencing a country very different from the one they would find in the north of our “sceptred isle.”
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JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
KEVIN DONNELLY accepts the invitation to think speculatively in contemplation of representations of people of African descent in our cultural heritage
MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Friendship, Four Letters of Love, Tin Soldier and The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives