In his second round-up, EWAN CAMERON picks excellent solo shows that deal with Scottishness, Englishness and race as highlights
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Kunama Namadgi (snowy mountain) or Mount Kosciuszko? That is the question
DARIUS VON GUTTNER SPORZYNSKI welcomes the biography of an 18th-century social reformer whose name sits atop Australia’s highest mountain
ICONIC: Mount Kosciusko, Australia’s tallest peak at 2,228m/7,328ft, colour photochrom, 1890
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Fiery words from the Bard in Blackpool and Edinburgh, and Evidence Based Punk Rock from The Protest Family
MATTHEW HAWKINS is mesmerised by a performance that dissolves the line between audience and performer
MATTHEW SHARPE recommends the essays of a Renaissance politician that instruct and unnerve after 400 years
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes the reissue of a seminal work of revolutionary theory that have genuine relevance in the current context
RON JACOBS rides shotgun with a member of Black Bloc on the wave of anti-capitalist protests of the 1990s and early 2000s
The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain
by Anthony Sharwood, Hachette, £15.99
ANTHONY SHARWOOD’s Kosciuszko: The Incredible Life of the Man Behind the Mountain is far more than a biography of an extraordinary historical figure. It invites readers to join him on a journey to uncover who Kosciuszko was, why his name sits atop Australia’s highest mountain, and whether it should remain there.
The biography begins with a simple yet intriguing question: “Who was the Kosciuszko fella?”
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