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JENNY MITCHELL, poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, introduces her priorities, and her first selection
Album reviews with Kevin Bryan: February 13, 2020
Latest releases from Beans On Toast, Pet Shop Boys and The Haden Triplets
HENRY BELL is sceptical of the notion that ‘progress’ is an ideology that the ruling class uses exclusively to camouflage appropriation
In search of political understanding, MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes a critique of anti-semitism as codified by the Israeli state
BEN CHACKO welcomes a masterful analysis that puts class struggle back at the heart of our understanding of China’s revolution
JOHN GREEN is intrigued by the ethereal, ghostly quality of images of a London unobscured by the bustle of humanity
JENNY FARRELL relishes an outstanding Palestinian novel that immerses readers in the sensory reality of Gaza, then and now
AI-induced murder, last rites for the mob-dog, a gullible common herd, and an exemplary Christmas chiller
Beans On Toast
The Inevitable Train Wreck
(Bot Music)
★★★★
FOR the past decade, the admirably warm and open-hearted performer Beans On Toast has maintained the tradition of releasing a new album each year on his December 1 birthday.
2019 thankfully didn’t represent any exception to the rule and the artist formerly known as Jay McAllister continues to muse on contemporary politics and the vagaries of the human condition via his alter ego of Beans on Toast, drawing inspiration from such unlikely bedfellows as Chuck Berry and Greta Thunberg to spark his creativity.
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