GLENN BURGESS suggests that, despite his record in Spain, Orwell’s enduring commitment to socialist revolution underpins his late novels
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MARIA DUARTE recommends a behind-the-scenes look at the decades-long involvement of US diplomats in the Middle East
ALL ABOUT HISTORY: From left: Israel’s then prime minister Ehud Barak, US president Bill Clinton and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at Camp David talks in 2000
CHRISTOPHER POLLARD explains how and why neoliberalism adopted the racist agenda common to the populist right of today
SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a sweeping survey of the world's biggest desert and the people who live there
GUILLERMO THOMAS is persuaded by a scathing critique of the Church of England and its embeddedness in imperialism
MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Materialists, Unmoored, Together, and Bambi: A Tale of Life in The Woods
TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger
GORDON PARSONS endures heavy rock punctuated by Shakespeare, and a delighted audience
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Directed by Dror Moreh
AS THE Israel-Palestine conflict rages once again, resulting in more violence and death, Dror Moreh’s timely new film provides an invaluable insight into the difficulties and elusiveness of achieving peace in the Middle East.
It takes an extraordinary and illuminating behind-the-scenes look at the United States’s decades-long involvement in the region, but through the eyes of the key US negotiators on the front line.
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