WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
A frontline view of the significant political battles of the 1920s
(L to R) Harry Pollitt, Vladimir Lenin and Ernest Bevin
[(L to R) Howard Coster - Pavel Semyonovich Zhukov and The Illustrated London News] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Red-Button Men: Red-Button Years: Volume 3
by Ken Fuller
Independently published, £12.99
LIKE its predecessor novels, the last of Ken Fuller’s Red-Button trilogy really shouldn’t work as well as it does.
Once again, here is a novel dominated by lengthy and detailed accounts of political leftist debates and precise reconstructions of militant trade union machinations in the face of both employer and in-house opposition from both right-wing and ultra-leftist factions alike.
Yet, as before, Fuller has produced a breathtakingly fascinating novel that entertains and informs the reader in equal measure.
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