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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
Solo splendour
In something of a vintage year, releases by two very individual artists stand out for Attila the Stockbroker
Re-releases of the classics Gypsy Rhumba and Buena Vista Social Club, and a stunning album by Palestinian artist Faris Ishaq
Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl
JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it
Loads of great debut recordings around at the moment, and my joint albums of the year are two fine examples, solo offerings from two generations inspired by punk.
Steve Drewett gained a lot of respect for his work with seminal 1980s cult punk heroes Newtown Neurotics, so in one sense his solo album Jenga Society (Cruel Binary), his first new release for 26 years, isn’t a debut album at all.
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