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Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
Global masters of pulling strings
John Green recommends an exposé of the secretive Bilderberg Club and its manipulative agenda which threatens the very existence of nation states
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
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
An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
The Bilderbergers: Puppet Masters of Power? by Gerhard Wisnewski (Clairview Books, £12.99)
The Bilderberg Club is one of the world’s most powerful and influential organisations of which few will have heard. Founded in 1954, it is an annual conference bringing together up to 150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media.
Drawn from politics, government and “other fields,” around two-thirds of the participants come from Europe and the rest from the US.
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