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JAN WOOLF ponders the works and contested reputation of the West German sculptor and provocateur, who believed that everybody is potentially an artist
Gripping girl power points
A new history of young women offers a lucid account of continual cultural and political struggle, says JOANA RAMIRO
PAUL DONOVAN enjoys a brutally honest rags to riches memoir of the actor’s life, even if it clearly lacks any political insight
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely biography of a contemporary of Marx and Engels who advocated revolutionary socialism
RICHARD CLARKE welcomes a study that extends an understanding of Marxism beyond human society to encompass the whole of nature
Despite an underwhelming finale, FIONA O CONNOR relishes a vivid exploration of the Cinecitta of Pasolini and Fellini at their height
MARIA DUARTE recommends a surreal and brilliant take on corporate lay-offs and their consequences
Girl Trouble: Panic And Progress In The History Of Young Women
by Carol Dyhouse
(Zed Books, £8.99)
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