Angus Reid speaks to JAZZ BHALLA about the genesis of his superb feature debut, Never Had A Chance, in cinemas this weekend

EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern

BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora

The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments

MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry

MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes an engaging and nourishing account of the queer subculture that flourished in London between WWII and partial decriminalisation 

ALEX HALL welcomes a history of the Bund, and its emphatic demand for working-class solidarity across racial and ethnic difference

RON JACOBS welcomes the political lessons for today, about organisation and withdrawal from conflict, made by an erudite and conversational biography

MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street

JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community

CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Argentinian saxophonist CAMILA NEBBIA