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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
Theatre review: Hamlet at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester
PAUL FOLEY enjoys the buzz as Maxine Peake leads a sterling performance
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
Rating: 3/5
There has been a real buzz around Manchester over the last few months and it’s not been the prospect of Van Gaal reverting to a straight back four or the anticipation of Radamel Falcao pinging in the goals.
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