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
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GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
NOAM CHOMSKY’S Who Rules the World? (Metropolitan Books) reveals more about how the US manipulates world opinion, its sordid history of involvement with Cuba and its support for Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
I liked the chapter on Iran, branded by the US as the world’s “leading exporter of terrorism.” A grim prize indeed but, according to leading Western polling agencies, that prize would be won by a mile by the US.
Chomsky poses another question: “What principles and values rule the world?” Given that the book was published some months before the election of Trump, that makes his query all the more interesting — and frightening.
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