JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world
‘Raped for the state’
JAMIE JOHNSON recommends an ultimately depressing and haunting book that is a damning criticism of our society
Demonstrators outside the Amba Hotel at Marble Arch, London, where the Undercover Policing Inquiry are holding hearings looking at the activities of the Met’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) between 1973 and 1982
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
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
Deep Deception
by Alison, Belinda, Helen Steel, Lisa and Naomi
Ebury, £20
WHEN police spy Mark Kennedy’s cover was blown by political activists in the winter of 2010, the corporate media were quick to follow the official line that he was the one bad apple who had gone rogue and spoiled their otherwise spotless image.
As part of his work he had deceived at least two women into intimate relationships.
Since then it has been proved that more than 20 spycops deliberately cheated at least 50 women into relationships.
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