CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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books: Fascist Scotland - Caledonia And The Far Right
Provocative take on far-right Scots
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
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
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Fascist Scotland: Caledonia And The Far Right
by Gavin Bowd
(Birlinn, £12.99)
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