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Album Reviews / 11 May 2026
11 May 2026

New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams 

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Exhibition review / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men

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Theatre review / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

Michael Rosen is in his element with a new show for kids, suggests PAUL DONOVAN

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BenchMarx / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it

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Attila the Stockbroker Diary / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach

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Books / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

STEVE ANDREW welcomes an autobiographical account of activism by a US Marxist journalist that is an inspiring introduction to the struggles of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s

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Books / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an accessible - and optimistic - take on our relationship to new technology

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Books / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

JOHN GREEN suggests that a new, biased, and highly readable re-hash of the story of the Cambridge Five be taken with a large pinch of salt

Protesters at St Paul's Cathedral, London, after a rally to challenge the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to support rewilding across the Church of England's vast estate, October 6, 2024
Books / 8 May 2026
8 May 2026

BRENT CUTLER welcomes a timely reminder of the long history of protests and the outdoor spaces in which they takes place

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Cinema / 7 May 2026
7 May 2026

FIONA O’CONNOR and MARIA DUARTE review Romeria, Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition, Remarkably Bright Creatures, and The Sheep Detectives

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Film of the week / 7 May 2026
7 May 2026

LEO BOIX recommends a ravishing, full-bodied drama about the intensely demanding and emotional art of Kabuki theatre

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Cartoon / 6 May 2026
6 May 2026

On the day of the election, MARTIN GOLLAN reflects on the perennial relationship between the far-right and the back-hander