ALAN McGUIRE welcomes a biography of the French semiologist and philosopher
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TOM STONE is bowled over by late-summer party that plants its flag far from the mainstream
Nya Gazelle Brown of Says She She at End Of The Road festival 2023
[Rachel Juarez-Carr] 
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
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MARIA DUARTE, LEO BOIX and ANGUS REID review Brides, Dead of Winter, A Night Like This, and The Librarians
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End of the Road Festival
Larmer Tree Gardens
“THIS is a protest song,” announces Say She She’s Piya Malik from End of the Road’s main stage, before the all-female trio launch into their pro-choice anthem Norma, which strikes a chord with the alternative crowd on the sunny Friday afternoon of the festival at Larmer Tree Gardens.
The song was penned last year in reaction to the then imminent overturning of Roe v Wade by the US Supreme Court. That battle may have been lost, but the war goes on, and this Brooklyn/London outfit are passionate standard bearers for the struggle, while also delivering supremely polished disco-soul in the style of Minnie Ripperton and Patti Labelle. The set closes with an astounding note-perfect cover of the Jackson Sisters’ I Believe in Miracles. And here, for a weekend at least, we can.
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