GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
Harry Belafonte
by Jackie Kay
In which we accompany the Bard into Cymru to meet his musical accomplices, young and old
SUE TURNER is inspired by the example of a librarian’s struggle to confront the book-banning movement
ANDY HEDGECOCK relishes two exhibitions that blur the boundaries between art and community engagement
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews I Am Martin Parr, September Says, The Monkey, and The Gorge
RITA DI SANTO applauds a touching and witty opener that touches a hot topic in Germany: the future of the immigrant population
SIMON PARSONS is discomfited by an unflichingly negative portrait of motherhood and its trials
'You go through these things, fighting these ghosts’
Harry Belafonte
I want to tell you that Harry Belafonte
has ‘passed away’. You loved the way
he wove his politics and his artistry.
Around the kitchen, you used to sing
Daylight come and we wanna go home.
But I imagine you know already, Mum.
That you heard the news way before me.
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