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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
books: A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine
RICHARD BAGLEY finds Tony Benn in reflective mood in his last diaries
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
A Blaze of Autumn Sunshine
by Tony Benn
(Hutchinson, £20)
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SUE TURNER recommends a rich and varied selection of the letters, diaries and memoirs of British volunteers
Treating the Clacton by-election as a joke risks reinforcing the Reform leader’s claim to be the victim of an out-of-touch Establishment, argues JOHN McINALLY
Keir Starmer's early political life suggests a very different future from the one he ultimately embraced, says KEITH FLETT
GORDON PARSONS is intrigued by a biography of the Marxist intellectual and author, made from the point of view of his son