GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
The never diminishing powers of Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas in Check Up: Our NHS at 70
[Steve Ullathorne]
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
Mark Thomas
Check Up: Our NHS at 70
Arcola Theatre
London E8
NO MORNING STAR reader will need reminding of the detrimental impact that a lack of funding, PFI disasters and a decline in our general health has had on the NHS.
And I’m pretty sure that goes for many other people who don't read these pages. Yet it’s an issue that we cannot ignore — after all as Mark Thomas reminds us, every single person in this country will at some point or another will need its service — so, therefore, we need to do everything in our power to change things.
Which is why it was pleasing — if not surprising — to see comedian and lifetime left-wing activist Thomas focus on the NHS for his latest project.
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