Jimmy watches Countdown and tries to ignore his bills, grief, COPD and frailty. Meanwhile, his carer walks a tightrope between kindness and reality
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A Beginner’s Guide to 4-D Chess
by Steve Pottinger
[Cartoon by Lewis Marsden]
JOHN FLINT explores the Appleby Blue development, winner of the Stirling prize 2025
GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck
WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival
Play the man, and not the ball.
Sneer about 2019, the impotence
of protest. Say nothing of slaughter.
Talk tough on benefits
in your free suit, glasses, shoes.
Mention veterans. Stop boats.
Glastonbury tickets trump digital tax.
You have a right to watch football.
Let me be clear. These are facts.
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