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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BOB ORAM went to the musical feast served in Barnsley to celebrate May Day
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
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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
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May Day Festival of Music and Solidarity at the Polish Club, Barnsley
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Richard Burgon MP breezes onto the stage at the Polish Club and makes the strongest May Day speech this crowd in Barnsley have ever heard from a Labour MP. Declaring to cheers: “Isn’t it the case that every striking miner was an absolute hero and will be for all time?” he analyses that struggle as “unfinished business,” praises the Bob Crow anti-fascist banner he stands under and stresses how vital it is that Labour is an anti-austerity party that will “celebrate the 99 per cent, who I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with.”
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