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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GRACE PETRIE tells IAN SINCLAIR why her music has such a pronounced political purpose and message
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
Just 26-years old, singer-songwriter Grace Petrie has played the Leftfield stage at Glastonbury, sung on BBC Radio 4 and toured with the comedian Josie Long.
With the same kind of tough, impassioned eloquence as Billy Bragg, some would argue that she captures the spirit of struggle against Cameron's "broken Britain" better than anyone else and she's been called a "young folk rabble rouser" in the press.
But the Sheffield-based Petrie explains to me before the launch gig of her new album Love Is My Rebellions that she didn't start out as a political songwriter. "The change in government politicised me," she says about the formation of the Con-Dem coalition in 2010.
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