JOHN GREEN relishes the record of a life well lived in the service of the fight for justice and socialism

JOHN GREEN has reservations about a film that tries hard to rise above the cliches but in the end fails to do so

JOHN GREEN appreciates an informative and readable account of the nation state and its current dilemmas, but doubts the solutions this author has to offer

JOHN GREEN is intrigued by an explanation of irrational behaviour from the point of view of brain science

While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN

JOHN GREEN is disappointed by a history of the British working class that retreads familiar paths and offers no new insights

JOHN GREEN welcomes a vital contribution to the debates around genetic manipulation

JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right

JOHN GREEN explores the controversial and popular images of the late Martin Parr, made in the heyday of Thatcherism

JOHN GREEN savours an elegy to black farmers in the deep south of the US: a vanishing way of life redolent with poetic and political meaning

JOHN GREEN’s palate is tickled by useful information leavened by amusing and unusual anecdotes, incidental gossip and scare stories

JOHN GREEN is intrigued by the ethereal, ghostly quality of images of a London unobscured by the bustle of humanity

JOHN GREEN asks how can we take decisive action on population levels with a world leader who is a destructive ignoramus

MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O CONNOR and JOHN GREEN review The Choral, Belen, Dragonfly, and Colossal Wreck

JOHN GREEN enjoys a highly informative stroll through the evolutionary history of trees and planetary life

JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict

JOHN GREEN has doubts about the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act, once trumpeted by Tony Blair

JOHN GREEN is enchanted by the story of women’s farm work, both now and the the 1940s, that brims with political and social insight

JOHN GREEN welcomes a remarkable study of Mozambique’s most renowned contemporary artist

Despite the primitive means the director was forced to use, this is an incredibly moving film from Gaza and you should see it, urges JOHN GREEN

JOHN GREEN recommends an Argentinian film classic on re-release - a deliciously cynical tale of swindling and double-cross

JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America

JOHN GREEN is stirred by an ambitious art project that explores solidarity and the shared memory of occupation

JOHN GREEN applauds an excellent and accessible demonstration that the capitalist economy is the biggest threat to our existence