MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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Political theatre and the Miners’ Strike
DAWN EVANS recommends the memoir of A39, the remarkable Cornish political theatre troupe
Paul Farmer in a Miracle Theatre street performance, Falmouth, Cornwall, Spring 1984; One & All! poster for A39’s first performance at The Crypt Centre, Truro, March 1985; One & All!–the Tinners’ Jig live at Geevor Mine, days before closure
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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
After The Miners’ Strike - A39 and Cornish Political Theatre Verses Thatcher’s Britain
Paul Farmer, Open Books, £23.99
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