CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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A fundraising album for the campaign against TTIP is a great example of solidarity and internationalism, says BOB ORAM
TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
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PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
WE ALL know that the EU and US are secretly negotiating the major trade deal The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which means that NHS privatisation will be irreversible if the deal goes through.
The same holds true for education, water and environmental services, as well as for any hope of renationalising the railways.
Under TTIP privatisation is forever. So it’s more than fitting that Bob Crow and Tony Benn adorn the cover of this CD, released as a fundraiser for Trade Unionists Against the EU (TUAEU). Both would be raging against TTIP today if they were with us, that much is sure.
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STEVE JOHNSON relishes a celebration of the commonality of folk music and its links with the struggles of working people the world over