MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Paul Foley reviews The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
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CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall at Bolton Octagon Theatre
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ANNE, the youngest of the Bronte clan, tends to be in the shadow of her more illustrious siblings, even though her writing was often more in tune with reality for women living in the 19th century.
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