A novel by Argentinian Jorge Consiglio, a personal dictionary by Uruguayan Ida Vitale, and poetry by Mexican Homero Aridjis
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MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
OFF the road for two months after my exhausting November and December tour in support of the Labour Party election campaign and I’m preparing my 40th anniversary poetry and lyrics anthology which will be published by Cherry Red Books in September.
Yes, I did my first gig as Attila the Stockbroker on September 8 1980 and will be celebrating in style at legendary London venue Dingwall’s on September 10 this year with a host of special guests. Tickets on sale now at mstar.link/2QEQVy0
And, needless to say, I’ll be touring all over the country and further afield as well, including what may be my last band visit to mainland Europe – as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t fancy the post-Brexit bureaucracy one bit. Hopefully the Musicians Union will be able to secure a sustainable, bureaucracy-free future for us all. If not, we will all be the poorer, both literally and metaphorically. I live in hope.
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After storming hundreds if not thousands of barns and some such up and down Britain and overseas over the last 30 years, ATTILA THE STOCKBROKER stops, if only for a nanosecond, to reminisce about the faithful bunch at his side all those years that are the inimitable Barnstormers
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's announcement that there'll be visa-free touring for musicians in some European countries is a beyond a joke
These are my choices, according to the Tories, should my arts career go tits-up. I’m not impressed.
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