CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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MAXINE PEAKE introduces this special edition of the Morning Star’s culture section
Actor, activist and Morning Star ambassador Maxine Peake
ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
AS ALWAYS, it feels very special to be asked to guest edit the Morning Star’s culture pages but never more so than now.
In these unprecedented times, we face a future landscape that may be unrecognisable to many of us, BC and AC, Before and After Covid.
But what will that landscape look like? Will we be faced with rubble, ruins and our foundations laid bare, confronting us with an opportunity to rebuild and rethink?
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