MARIA DUARTE, LEO BOIX and ANGUS REID review Brides, Dead of Winter, A Night Like This, and The Librarians
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A communist vision for Cornwall
TONY CONWAY recommends a welcome overview of Cornwall that traces its industrialisation, class differences and path to a socialist future
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MARY CONWAY recommends an early Shakespearean tragedy that feels so contemporary that it mirrors our daily news
A ghost story by Mexican Ave Barrera, a Surrealist poetry collection by Peruvian Cesar Moro, and a manifesto-poem on women’s labour and capitalist havoc by Peruvian Valeria Roman Marroquin
DAVID NICHOLSON recommends a dazzling production of Bernstein’s opera set in a world where chaos and violence are greeted by equanimity
MARY CONWAY is frustrated by a new play that loses its drama amid the moral dilemma of re-settling children in the aftermath of WWII
Acclaimed as a masterpiece when it premiered, this study of story-telling in an Irish pub more than lives up to expectations, says MARY CONWAY
SYLVIA HIKINS relishes a comedy that dives deep into Liverpool’s divided loyalties
Cornwall Rising
Angela Hopkinson, CPB Cornwall branch, £2
I HAVE only recently moved to Penzance in Cornwall and I looked to see what progressive material there was. In November 2024 Cornwall Rising was published. It’s a must read.
It covers the historical argument that Cornwall is a nation, part of the Celtic fringe. It has a rich heritage that was central to the Industrial Revolution. Mining produced worldwide supplies of tin and copper. Once the natural resources were taken, the economy reverted to agriculture and more latterly tourism.
It is remote from the centres of power. Only one rail line runs the length of Cornwall, and there is only one city, Truro. Bus services are poor. Wages are low. Large numbers of second homes and holiday lets result in high house prices. The pamphlet makes the case for an assembly with devolved powers as part of a federal Britain.
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