JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
FOR many, the most remarkable thing about the London Borough of Brent is that it’s the home of Wembley stadium and the Hindu temple in Neasden.
Even more remarkable is the borough’s great ethnic diversity, with its population drawn from all corners of the globe.
Notable among them are the large Afro-Caribbean and Irish communities who, since settling in the area, have made significant contributions to local manufacturing and health and social services as well as its cultural life.
MIRANDA RICHMOND relishes the gloriously liberated art of Roy Oxlade, and traces his method back to the thinking of David Bomberg, his acknowledged teacher
BLANE SAVAGE recommends the display of nine previously unseen works by the Glaswegian artist, novelist and playwright
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
RON JACOBS welcomes a survey of US punk in the era of Reagan, and sees the necessity for some of the same today


