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ANGUS REID is transported by a relentless and double-bass-swingingly great set of punkfolk classics
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
Skinny Lister
The Mash House, Edinburgh
A SEASONED folkpunk band like Skinny Lister take to the stage with swagger and belligerence and launch straight into the nuclear panic of 38 Minutes (“This is not a drill”), their high-octane opener in a relentless and double-bass-swingingly great set of in-your-face energy, tough couplets and attitude.
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