WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
An opportunistic misinterpretation of Brecht’s intentions
ANGUS REID challenges a narrative that has no interest in reality or politics and uses Brecht to side with the cultural right wing, the partisans of Greek ethnic superiority
Graves of the children of the Karabudak family murdered in the Maratha massacre described by the UN as a crime against humanity. The perpetrators were EOKA-B an ultra right-wing Greek Cypriot paramilitaries led by Georgios Grivas
[Seksen iki yuz kirk bes/Creative Commons] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Heinz-Uwe Haus and theatre making in Cyprus and Greece
Edited by Heinz-Uwe Haus and Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
Cambridge Scholars Publishing £68.99
HEINZ-UWE HAUS is the East German theatre director credited with kick-starting the National Theatre of Cyprus through a series of popular productions of Brecht and ancient Greek classics in the mid-70s.
It is a poisoned legacy.
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