PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
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The Establishment may still control the means of production but working-class writers are taking the initiative in reaching out to readers, says TIM WELLS
LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
The Bard hands out medals for his Edinburgh campaign and urges us to support The Men They Couldn’t Hang
MANCHESTER University Press has published a Tom Woodin book, Working-Class Writing and Publishing in the Late Twentieth Century, and the blurb trumpets that the book’s of “interest” to the general reader.
Establishment attack puppy: Rebecca Watts
I certainly am interested in reading it — I was writing, gigging, publishing and being published in that same late-20th century. MUP have done their job and priced the book at £75, ensuring that the people the book is about are objects of study rather than participants in the cultural life of the country.
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