ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
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MIKE QUILLE recommends an exhibition of Chris Killip’s stunning images of shipbuilding on the Tyne and its ultimate demise
End of Shift. Given by the artist in honour of all the shipyard workers of Tyneside
[© Chris Killip] 
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
BOB NEWLAND recommends a political thriller from former anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain
JAMES WALSH speaks to Chris Thorpe-Tracey - among many things, a one-time Morning Star columnist — about songs, cities, politics and prophecy
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RON JACOBS applauds a reading of black history in the US that plots the path from autonomy to self-governance and then liberation
The Last Ships
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
THE LAST Ships exhibition of photographs taken by Chris Killip over just three years captures the awe-inspiring scale and beauty of the shipbuilding industry on Tyneside in the 1970s.
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