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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
Arts ahead
Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come
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
KESWICK MUSIC
Fellside at 40
Theatre by the Lake
Lake Road
February 6-7
The iconic folk label Fellside celebrates its 40th year with this celebration of folk and roots music, hosted by Mike Harding. There’s a stunning line-up of artists who’ve recorded with the label, including Jimmy Aldridge and Sid Goldsmith, Ewan McLennan, Wendy Weatherby (pictured), Fiona Cuthill and Stevie Lawrence, Pete Morton, Bram Taylor, Joe Topping, Greg Russell and The Hut People. Highly recommended.
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LONDON PHOTOGRAPHY
Mario Cravo Neto: A Serene Expectation of Light + Maud Sulter: Syrcas
Autograph ABP Gallery
Rivington Place, EC2
Until April 2
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