CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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[Don Travis]
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
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PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Exhibition Ridley Road Stories (Part 1)
Future Hackney
futurehackney.com/exhibition
Ridley Road in the heart of the London’s borough of Hackney is renowned as an iconic market. On most days it is crowded with tradespeople and shoppers.
Over the years it has come to represent the rapidly changing face of London street life, its multiculturalism and changing demographic.
Above all it is a place brimming with energy, colour and the richness of human life. All these aspects are beautifully captured in this significant exhibition.
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