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1997: A year that changed nothing
Labour came to power in 1997 promising radical change in Britain, but a new book shows how empty that pledge proved to be, says ANGEL DAHOUK
Bread and circuses: The Spice Girls perform in 1997
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 missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
1997: The Future That Never Happened
by Richard Power Sayeed
(Zed Books, £10.99)
WITH a landslide Labour election victory on May 1, 1997 was the year that new Labour brought 18 years of Tory rule to an end, with Tony Blair and his inner circle promising a “new Britain,” characterised by tolerance, respect and social justice.
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