DAVID YEARSLEY is fascinated by the account of four composers who transformed their experiences of the second world war and the Holocaust into deeply moving works of art
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CALUM BARNES sees an excellently staged account of working-class deprivation and homophobia in a northern French village
Versatile: Kwaku Mills (left) and Alex Austin
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PETER MASON thrills to the sound of south London-born Yussef Dayes, and the galaxy of musicians drawn into his orbit
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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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 End of Eddy
The Studio
“SUFFERING is totalitarian — it somehow gets rid of anything that doesn’t fit into its system,” one of the narrators in The End of Eddy reflects.
It's a line which succinctly captures the essence of Edouard Louis’s intent in his highly acclaimed 2014 gay coming-of-age novel, an attempt to comprehend the systemic roots of an individual's suffering.
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