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Shots on target: The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie
The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie takes aim at easy assumptions about modern China, says MAYER WAKEFIELD
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
The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, at the Arcola Theatre, London E8
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