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Contemporary classical album reviews with Simon Duff: September 30, 2024
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RICHARD CLARKE recommends a hugely valuable text for those seeking theoretical analysis and practical action to defend public services
JOHN HAWKINS is moved by an oral history that examines five black families pushed into homelessness in the US
BOB NEWLAND recommends an outstanding study of how images have shaped narratives of identity, resistance and power in South Africa
While the group known as the Colourists certainly reinvigorated Scottish painting, a new show is a welcome chance to reassess them, writes ANGUS REID
In an exhibition of the graphic art of Lorna Miller, MATT KERR takes a lungful of the oxygen of dissent
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The The
Ensoulment
(Cineola/ear MUSIC)
★★★★★
THE first album in a quarter of a century from Matt Johnson’s The The is full of political and philosophical concerns.
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