SOPHIE WENBAN recommends a remarkable Italian quartet who revive Bluegrass on period instruments to give a taste of the communal spirit that first made it popular
Women Against Pit Closures
by Sarah Wimbush
Women on the picket line at the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotherham, June 6 1984
Family issues and dragon-fuelled history amount to a vacuous spectacle that ill-fits the theatre, muses SIMON PARSONS
Monster profits on the Tube, paternal dilemmas for time travellers, and an alien abduction buddy saga
New releases from The Jayhawks, Primal Scream, and Max Subar
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
She blooms
badged and blue-jeaned
in the sunshine.
In the shadows -
her husband
her father
her sons,
the gate
the hearth
the alarm clock, ringing.
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