MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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It's time to rock against racism again
There's a lot to learn from music movements that knew who the enemy was
Two-tone triumph: Carnival Against the Nazis, Leeds 1981
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
HOUSMANS bookshop hosts some bona literary and discussion events. What’s the left without a chance to pontificate meaninglessly on a pointless tangent?
I was there for the launch of David Renton’s new book Never Again – Rock Against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League 1976-1982, a book I'd already read, and it’s refreshing that it questions Rock Against Racism (RAR) and the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and gives time to the squadists.
I’m ever interested as to why the middle-class left is so terrified of working-class people organising themselves. There’s nary a working-class voice in the supposedly resurgent left of the moment. More please.
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