EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
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Freedom has a bitter price
MARIA DUARTE recommends a film on the harsh consequences of a young girl’s struggle for independence in Iran
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
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
Ava (15)
Directed by Sadaf Foloughi
THE constraints and pressures on women to conform in a strict patriarchal society are laid bare in this poignant Iranian coming-of-age tale.
It follows the misfortunes of a young girl who is banished from all social institutions simply because she wants to be different.
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