MATTHEW HAWKINS contrasts the sinister enchantments of an AI infused interactive exhibition with the intimacies disclosed by two real artists
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Mat Coward's Crime fiction round-up: June 17, 2019
Reviews of The River by Peter Heller, Joe Country by Mick Herron, The Whisper Man by Alex North and The Killer You Know by SR Masters
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes a graphic portrayal of the corrosive impact of commodification, but can’t sympathise with the characters
New releases from Van Morrison, Tyler Ballgame, and Dry Cleaning
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics
STEVE ANDREW appreciates a passionate account of the Scottish Club during the ‘lost decade’
By telling the story of a lawless frontier town from the point of view of the Lakota, Chinese labourers, prostitutes and displaced prospectors, makes for a potted history of capital, suggests ALEX HALL
TWO US college friends undertake a trip by canoe through the beautiful, dangerous wilderness of northern Canada in The River by Peter Heller (Weidenfeld, £14.99).
Their joint love of classic expedition literature leads them to a back-to-basics approach. They carry no means of communicating with civilisation — if trouble comes, they will rely on their skills, their courage and their unbreakable bond to get them out of it.
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ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
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