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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
‘We’re a proper socialist band, like every town should have’
Barnsley’s finest THE HURRIERS tell Bob Oram what inspires their music
MIGUEL YOSHIDA explains the evolution and influence of the Cuban Casa De Las Americas in joining culture to the revolutionary struggle
ANDY HEDGECOCK is charmed by a skilful adaptation of Tove Jansson’s lyrical portrait of three generations of a family, overcoming grief
ALEX HALL treads warily through a messy, dialectical struggle fought in the mundane machinery of driving licences, criminal law, and birth registries
MICHAL BONCZA, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and ANGUS REID review Atlas of Disappearance, Love Me Tender, Bouchra, and This Tempting Madness
Flitting between myth and the modern world, Medusa is determined to steer clear of human affairs. When her resolve crumbles, the result is petrifying in every sense
WORKERS from the former industries of glass production and mining straddle Barnsley’s town crest, above the Latin motto Spectemur Agendo — “Judge us by our actions.”
That’s a fitting motto too for Barnsley’s new post-punk rock stars The Hurriers, who proudly proclaim: “We’re a proper socialist band like every town should have.”
Named after the children and women who used to work moving the coal in the pre-reform mines, the band are proud of their roots and belonging to a community that Margaret Thatcher described as “the enemy within.”
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