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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Poets and editors rate the collections which have made a big impression on them over the last 12 months
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
JO BELL
FOUR books, each surprising in a different way, address power and the personal in memorable style. Steve Ely’s Englaland (Smokestack) puts muscle and politics back into poetry, swaggering from battlefield to nightclub with the bloody grin of a class warrior.
Jonathan Davidson’s Humfrey Coningsby (Valley) is a more gentlemanly soldier — a discreet time traveller, a mercenary, a swiver.
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