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Music
Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: October 7, 2024
New releases from Iris DeMent, Japandroids and Aaron Parks
Gig Review
Gig Review
To open a time-capsule of punk
ANGUS REID time-travels back to times when Gay Liberation was radical and allied seamlessly to an anti-racist, anti-establishment movement
Attila the Stockbroker Diary: October 5, 2024
The Bard pays homage to the sands of Morecambe, for the talent they have nourished, and in memory of the Chinese workers they engulfed
Books
Books
Make it black history year
As we celebrate black history month, JENNY WOODLEY recommends an engaging survey of centuries of both injustice and resilience
BenchMarx
BenchMarx
The art of protest
TOM HARDY demonstrates the power of creativity in gaining the upper hand during protests, and points to the irony of an exhibition celebrating the very activists who are now under arrest
Theatre review
Theatre review
Still angry
MARY CONWAY relishes the revival of two classics for the naked expression of truthful thoughts and class anger
Books
Books
The emancipatory eye
JOHN GREEN marvels at the rediscovery of a radical US photographer who took the black civil rights movement to her heart
Cinema
Cinema
Film round-up: October 3, 2024
Healthcare evangelism; Rajneesh child-abuse; an unwanted musical; and an un-Elephant man: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Medicine Man: The Stan Brock Story, Children of the Cult, Joker: Folie A Deux, and A Different Man
Film of the Week:
Film of the Week:
Whose land is it anyway?
Racial injustice, British colonialism and the climate crisis intersect to create the perfect storm in a new documentary, says MARIA DUARTE
Book Review
Book Review
The UK’s elective dictatorship
JOHN GREEN welcomes a significant contribution to the discussion of the urgent need to reform Britain’s failed governmental system
