CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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Books: What Use Is Sociology?
Bauman argues the case for sociology as an agent of change
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
What Use Is Sociology?
by Zygmunt Bauman
(Polity, £15.99)
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