ANGUS REID urges us to understand the persecution of Jason Arday from a political and historical perspective, and to see the victim in human terms

ANGUS REID, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Wham! 10 Days in China, Lesvia, Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and The Fires

ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives

ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists

ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world

ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert

ANGUS REID recommends two very different, but very entertaining bands with their last live dates this week

ANGUS REID applauds the potential of an ambitious show about Gaza, and encourages it to keep its nerve

ANGUS REID recommends that you discover a uniquely intimate community venue in central Edinburgh for an evening of beer and ambitious jazz

ANGUS REID appreciates the political candour expressed in Bansky’s latest and brilliant work of public art

ANGUS REID urges you to visit Britain’s most remarkable - and mind-blowing - festival of contemporary music

ANGUS REID feels the joy of being part of the anniversary of this delicious, provocative concept, and this community of singers

With a new TV film about the Piper Alpha disaster, ANGUS REID points out the enduring class bias of the official version of events

ANGUS REID squirms at the spectacle of a bitter millennial on work experience in a gay sauna

ANGUS REID is bowled over by a cinematic masterpiece that examines the labour of nursing in forensic, dramatic detail

ANGUS REID recommends a visit to an outstanding gathering of national and international folk musicians in the northern archipelago