MICHAL BONCZA, LEO BOIX, MARJORIE MAYO and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Kingdom, Young Hearts, Marlee Maitlin: Not alone any more, and Stans
Brotherly Love by Angus Reid
The phrase “cruel to be kind” comes from Hamlet, but Shakespeare’s Prince didn’t go in for kidnap, explosive punches, and cigarette deprivation. Tam is different.
[Illustration by Malc McGookin] 
ANGUS REID squirms at the spectacle of a bitter millennial on work experience in a gay sauna
PAUL BUHLE agrees that a grassroots movements for change in needed in the US, independent of electoral politics
MIKE COWLEY relishes an exhibition that reminds us, in the teeth of establishment pushback, that lasting change always begins in workplaces, communities and the street
ED RAMPELL is disappointed by the confusing results of embedding cameras amid a Ukranian platoon
KEVIN BRYAN reviews Soul 66, Suzy Thompson, and Butterfield Blues Band
With reservations, RON JACOBS recommends a deep dive into the nature, history, and mindset of US intelligence
TAM hit his brother so hard in the face that Russell swallowed the cigarette.
Russell was standing at the front door of Terry’s having a breather, a wee cigarette to himself, when Tam exploded out of nowhere and hit him so hard that he swallowed the fucking thing. Tam’s thumbs pressed into Russell’s eye sockets.
“Let’s see your eyes! Lets see your fuckin’ eyes!”
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