MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state

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