The Chinese language only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one, suggests JANET DAVEY 

ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy

RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII

MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz

The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End

CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre

ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles