Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
The Heavens, by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti (Dewi Lewis Publishing, £39)
WE’VE all heard of tax havens and how big global corporations circumvent paying taxes. But do we know how they do it and what they look like?
This book takes an innovative approach to the subject, providing a visual reflection of what exactly is involved.
In one sense it is a contradiction, being a large and elaborately produced coffee table art book with evocative, full-colour images on expensive paper.
CARLOS MARTINEZ responds to liberal hawk Simon Tisdall’s evidence-free China-bashing and asks whose agenda it really serves
HENRY BELL welcomes a fine demonstration of the need to love the words themselves in the communication of political messages
HANK KENNEDY contends that US military attacks in the Caribbean amount to modern piracy driven by Venezuela’s oil wealth
JOE GILL appreciates a lucid demonstration of how capital today is an outgrowth of the colonial economy



