JAN WOOLF ponders the works and contested reputation of the West German sculptor and provocateur, who believed that everybody is potentially an artist
Letting go
by Cheryl Sonnier
[Illustration by Lorna Miller]
PAUL DONOVAN enjoys a brutally honest rags to riches memoir of the actor’s life, even if it clearly lacks any political insight
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely biography of a contemporary of Marx and Engels who advocated revolutionary socialism
RICHARD CLARKE welcomes a study that extends an understanding of Marxism beyond human society to encompass the whole of nature
Despite an underwhelming finale, FIONA O CONNOR relishes a vivid exploration of the Cinecitta of Pasolini and Fellini at their height
MARIA DUARTE recommends a surreal and brilliant take on corporate lay-offs and their consequences
Toby stood outside the terraced house with the red door, cradling the stone against his chest.
Jack and Ollie had egged him on all the way from school, clapping him on the back and whooping.
“Go on,” Jack said.
Toby hefted the stone from one hand to the other, trying not to look as though he was stalling. It was not so much a stone as a lump of brick and mortar he’d found on the demolition site of the old library, but it would do. He closed his eyes to imagine it hurtling through the air and cracking the window.
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