The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
Latest editorial
Partial account of Romillys is by no means the full story
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Out of Bounds: The Education of Giles Romilly and Esmond Romilly
(Umbria Press, £12.99)
THIS partial memoir by public school boys who fought in the war in Spain against fascism, and Churchill’s nephews, was first published in 1935.
Similar stories
TONY FOX reports from a commemoration of the legendary Battle of Jarama in which four Stockton-on-Tees volunteers fell
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died 50 years ago today November 20. JIM JUMP looks back at his blood-soaked rule and toxic legacy on Spain today
KEN COCKBURN relishes the memoir of a translator, but wonders whether the autobiography underlying the impulse would make a better book
TONY FOX invites readers to come and hear the story of the remarkable Liverpudlian International Brigader Alexander Foote