MAYER WAKEFIELD has reservations about the direction of a play centered on a DVLA re-training session for three British-Pakistani motorists
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Coldplay are about to release a new record. Don't despair — so are the excellent Skewwhiff
New releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ
JOHN GREEN relishes photography that unfolds a longstanding and poetic relationship with Leeds
A uncomfortably misogynistic authorial voice that sometimes seems to lack insight troubles FIONA O’CONNOR
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a production that panders – if inadvertently – to Western prejudice against China
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times
ALEX HALL recommends a book that places empirical evidence at the heart of understanding racism
FED up with so much miserable news? Prepare yourself for some more. Coldplay have just announced that they are releasing a new album next month and, worse still, it’s a double. That’s awful.
But there is an antidote available right now. Cancelled Rearranged, the brilliant new album by Skewwhiff, has just been released and I had a wonderful time as special guest at the launch party in their home town of Worcester last Friday week in front of a very enthusiastic audience.
Fame is a strange and fickle thing. I’m sure most of you have seen performers of all kinds in pubs and small venues who have wowed you with their brilliance and thought: “How the hell are they not household names?”
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