KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
Gazelle Twin + NYX, Queen Elizabeth Hall London
Uncompromising electronica subverts a passion for the pastoral
‘Deranged jockey’: Gazelle Twin
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an entertaining dramatisation of the famous dispute that gives insight into the struggle, and Murdoch’s unscrupulous mendacity
ELLIS RAE is disappointed by the revival of a nihilistic play that fails to offer alternatives for social change
STEVE JOHNSON recommends an exceptional album that explores the narrative folk tradition often with a strong political message
BRIGHTON-BORN Elizabeth Bernholz, aka Gazelle Twin, is an electronic musician-cum-performance artist inspired by the power of disguise.
On her latest and arguably greatest record, Pastoral, she rides a hobby horse and, sporting a white cap and playing a recorder, is kitted out like a deranged jockey in red, with a balaclava covering her face, long socks and Adidas trainers — Gazelles of course.
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