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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MARJORIE MAYO on a timely look at resistance and alternatives to privatisation
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
The Tragedy Of The Private, The Potential Of The Public
by Hilary Wainwright
(Public Services International/Transnational Institute)
At a time when public services are under continuing attack and with the threat of further cuts in the pipeline, alternative strategies are needed urgently, as this booklet by Hilary Wainwright so strongly argues.
In recent times, the failures of privatisation have been emerging only too clearly and, as a result, even in that traditional stronghold of pro-private market ideology which is the US, services are being brought back in-house.
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