GORDON PARSONS enjoys the wealth of wisdom and the clarity of expression from a dialogue between Chomsky and Mujica
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Reduced to This
by Andrew Nickson
Protesters on the Embankment during a pro-Palestine march in central London, to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. December 9, 2023.
GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck
WILL STONE is frustrated by a performance that chooses to garble the lyrics and drown the songs in reverb
RITA DI SANTO points out the social experience of exploitation and oppression that inform the popular winners at this year’s festival
PETER MASON is tickled by a new book and exhibition that mine the rotten anachronism of the monarchy for laughs
A Nazi zeppelin whodunnit, death amidst detoxification, a twistaholic’s delight, and noir fiction for criminals
Look at me, reduced to chanting
“Ceasefire now”
with hundreds through Soho Hill
where Kathryn Dayus’ mum and sister were killed
in the blitz in Birmingham in 1941.
Look at me, reduced to holding my placard
saying “Free Palestine”
while sheepish sullen shoppers
gawp at us as they hurry home
to Mrs Brown’s Boys and Love Island.
Look at me, reduced to writing a letter
to my MP McCabe
asking why on earth he said at our Labour Party meeting
that the BBC is a Hamas mouthpiece.
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