ALAN McGUIRE welcomes a biography of the French semiologist and philosopher
Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs Nugent
GORDON PARSONS is filled with unease by the RSC’s offering of a brutal fairytale for Christmas
Nikki Cheung as Karen in the Red Shoes
[Manuel Harlan] 
ALEX HALL is frustrated by a book that ducks a clear definition of terrorism and fails to perceive the role of the state in sponsoring it
JOE GILL wholeheartedly recommends an eloquent manifesto: how to change the world one local project at a time
Inspired by a photograph, a unique memorial in Michigan immortalises US true labour heroes. MICHAL BONCZA recalls a great story rarely told
MARIA DUARTE, LEO BOIX and ANGUS REID review Brides, Dead of Winter, A Night Like This, and The Librarians
MARIA DUARTE is entertained by a wry portrait of befuddled resistance to US authoritarianism
The Red Shoes
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THE RSC are taking no chances with the venue for their Stratford Christmas show this year.
Hans Christian Anderson’s gruesome fairy tale is as grim as any of those of the famous Brothers.
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