MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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MATTHEW HAWKINS rakes through un-fancy words and flair-free summaries to find who and what might be flamboyant
PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
Dad’s Army (PG)
Directed by Oliver Parker
3/5
ALMOST four decades after it ended, the “national treasure” that is Dad’s Army is still being screened on TV.
Whoever thought it was a great idea to turn it into a feature film, when it is so ingrained in the British psyche and the last attempt to do so in 1971 failed miserably, is taking a big risk.
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