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JOE GILL speaks to the Palestinian students in Gaza whose testimony is collected in a remarkable anthology
Nonviolence is far more effective politically than violence, an argument for pacifism
MARY CONWAY delights in a rarely performed comedy that recalls a Britain we remember in our bones
JEAN ROBERTS appreciates the way traditional panto can be remodelled into critique of the academy schools system
MARY CONWAY is riveted by a superbly crafted glimpse into the soul of a cast-off US star
MARIA DUARTE is swept along by the cocky self-belief of a ping-pong hustler in a surprisingly violent drama
STEVE ANDREW recommends a lively and often moving guide to once vibrant spaces that have been abandoned or swept away
GEOFF BOTTOMS appreciates the local touch brought to a production of Dickens’s perennial classic
Quaker Quicks – Why I Am A Pacifist
Tim Gee Christian
Alternative Books, £6.99
FORMED soon after the English Civil War, the Quakers — AKA the Religious Society of Friends — are perhaps best known for their commitment to working for peace.
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