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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
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says sorry
The Head of the Metropolitan Police gives evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee about three girls missing in Syria
Clearly it’s a terrible situation
That they find themselves in
Having lost their daughters
In such a horrible way.
I can only half imagine
What a parent is going through
So in that sense
I am sorry they’re in this situation.
I’m sorry we gave the letters addressed to them
To their daughters.
The letters telling them their daughters
Were friends with a girl who’d gone to Syria.
It must be horrible to know
That Shamima, Amira and Kadiza
Aged 15, 15 and 16
Have left for Syria
To join Islamic State.
I can only half imagine.
Clearly it’s a terrible situation.
In that sense I am sorry.
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