The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Unusual free-market case for Brexit
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
The EU: An Obituary
by John R Gillingham
(Verso, £12.99)
THIS is an unusual book.
It puts a US free-market case for a British exit from the EU and argues that this could provide an opportunity for remodelling the union on more classically neoliberal lines.
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