RON JACOBS is enthralled by Roberto Saviano’s portrait of heroes and deplorables, that calls for people to stand up for themselves and the things they believe in

BRENT CUTLER is disappointed by a work of historical revisionism by a former US army officer, that makes a false equivalence between the two regimes

JIM JUMP introduces two new publications that examine both sides of the Irish participation in the Spanish civil war

DOMINIC O’KEY recommends Arundhati Roy’s study of troubled mother/daughter relations

The Bard contributes to the campaign of Count Binface, and applauds Burnham’s plans for vocational training
 

JAN WOOLF welcomes the initiative of St Mungo’s, a charity for the homeless, to use use outdoor art to explore the lives of those it has helped

ANGUS REID, FIONA O’CONNOR, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Wham! 10 Days in China, Lesvia, Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and The Fires

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

by Mary Gilonne

Tony Burke speaks to GARTH CARTWRIGHT about the new edition of his book exploring the vinyl meccas of London