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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‘Good and Strange’
MICHAEL ROSEN talks to Andy Croft about his new book of poems and the ideas behind them
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
MICHAEL ROSEN is one of our best-loved writers for children. He’s the author and editor of over 140 books, including contemporary primary-school classics like We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Mind Your Own Business, No Breathing in Class and Quick Let’s Get Out of Here.
If you’re a fan of Rosen’s children’s stories, you’ll enjoy the way the works in his new book of poems for grown-ups Don’t Mention the Children combine the silly and the sinister. Somewhere between Jacques Prevert, Ivor Cutler and Adrian Mitchell, they encapsulate the surrealism of everyday life.
Few poets writing today can move so effortlessly between the childish and the childlike. But this certainly does not mean that Rosen doesn’t have serious things to say.
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