GORDON PARSONS admires a version of Marlowe’s grim tragedy that strips it down to its gay essentials
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ANDREW MURRAY is compelled by the moment of revolution in British history when Parliament had political intimacy with society
When Cassy’s father fails to connect with his daughter — and misses out on
an evening in the Bitter End — a stranger’s self-mocking charm brings seething resentment.
The Bard encounters Laibach’s revival of their 1987 album Opus Dei, and is stirred to verse
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DENNIS BROE appreciates the work of TV writer Steven Knight, and his systematic exposure of the debilitating effects of British capitalism
The Fiery Spirits
John Rees, Verso, £30
CONNECTING mass political movements with parliamentary representation is a perennial issue for the left in Britain and, indeed, elsewhere.
It is correct to say that the former — the struggle beyond the Palace of Westminster — is the determining factor in political outcomes, but also true that parliamentary articulation can help shape and empower the movement, even as MPs draw strength from it.
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