JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
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Take your mind off Armageddon
GAVIN O’TOOLE is taken by a book that offers a tactile source of pleasure that is just as addictive as using a smartphone
PLANET ESCHER: tailor-made diversion for stressful times
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WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
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
MC Escher: Kaleidocycles
Doris Schattschneider and Wallace Walker
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IF DOOMSCROLLING has become a bad habit in an era when the pandemic and war force your nervous fingers to obsessively seek out breaking news of the apocalypse, then Kaleidocycles is the perfect antidote.
It is a tailor-made diversion for stressful times that requires you to turn off your screen and use your hands more creatively in order to assemble intriguing card patterns inspired by the work of MC Escher.
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