GLENN BURGESS suggests that, despite his record in Spain, Orwell’s enduring commitment to socialist revolution underpins his late novels

EWAN CAMERON picks out some remarkable performances in which Palestinian artists speak of their own experience

CHRISTOPHER POLLARD explains how and why neoliberalism adopted the racist agenda common to the populist right of today

SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a sweeping survey of the world's biggest desert and the people who live there

GUILLERMO THOMAS is persuaded by a scathing critique of the Church of England and its embeddedness in imperialism

JONATHAN TAYLOR attempts to disentangle the mind, self and political opinions of a successful bourgeois novelist

GORDON PARSONS is enthralled by an erudite and entertaining account of where the language we speak came from

MATTHEW HAWKINS recommends three memorable performances from Scottish dance artists Barrowland Ballet, In the Fields Project, and Wendy Houston

GORDON PARSONS endures heavy rock punctuated by Shakespeare, and a delighted audience

TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger

MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Materialists, Unmoored, Together, and Bambi: A Tale of Life in The Woods

MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable documentary, culled from 20 years of smartphone footage, that documents the trials of being a single parent