RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Womad 2022: Flamboyant, vibrant and carnivalesque
WILL STONE is engulfed by the magnificence of the returning festival
STALWARTS: The Gilberto Gil tribe in full swing
[Borkowski Arts/Womad]
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
WOMAD
Charlton Park, Wiltshire
THERE is possibly no other festival as flamboyant, vibrant and carnivalesque as Womad – the World of Music And Dance celebrating its 40th year after a two-year break due to you know what.
Every nook and cranny has something to explore, enjoy and be inspired by: whether that might be seeing Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil playing an unforgettable set joined by 14 members of his family, including his five-year-old great-grandson, or stumbling across Luke Jerram’s awe-inspiring giant moon installation located at a mysterious “secret forest” that nobody is quite sure where to find.
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