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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
Jenks’s life reveals complex links between fascism and ecology
Steve Andrew reviews Farming, Fascism and Ecology
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
Farming, Fascism and Ecology: A Life of Jorian Jenks by Philip M Coupland (Routledge, £27.99)
BORN in 1899 to a middle-class family espousing liberal politics, Oxford graduate Jorian Jenks bucked tradition. From an early age, all he ever wanted to be was a farmer.
Managing to realise this in his thirties, he eventually lost his farm due to the bleak economic climate of the period.
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