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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An excellent outline of the political landscape of the 1970s is a welcome antidote to cliched analyses of the decade, says Steve Andrews
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
That Option No Longer Exists: Britain 1974-1976, by John Medhurst (Zero Books, £11.99)
If there is one thing that nearly all historical accounts of Britain in the 1970s agree upon it is that the country was politically chaotic, economically in decline and culturally barren.
It was only with the advent of the Thatcher era that the admittedly harsh but fundamentally necessary measures were taken that would put society back on track. Or so the conventional narrative goes.
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