MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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The Levellers: A revolution revealed
John Rees’s new book on the Levellers illuminates a neglected era of radical history, says ANDREW MURRAY
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
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
The Levellers’ Revolution by John Rees (Verso Books, £25)
THE ELITE in most countries inculcate an ambivalent relationship with the revolutionary past.
But few go as far as the British in actually denying its existence and books still appear with titles like How Britain Never Had a Revolution.
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