RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
Lakeman in tune with his roots to exhilarating effect
Into his own: Seth Lakeman performs live
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JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
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WHATEVER Seth Lakeman’s merits as a recording artist, and there are many, it’s as a performer that he truly comes into his own.
He proved that again here with an exhilarating set featuring four songs from his new album The Well Worn Path but also by dipping generously — and with ardour — into his back catalogue.
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