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GORDON PARSONS recommends an entertaining account of the years between Germany’s defeat in WWI and Hitler’s seizure of power
Trouble in mind
Music legend PAUL HEATON tells Matthew Collins why his forthcoming GMB-sponsored tour could ruffle a few Tory feathers
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
Waiting for pop stars to say something interesting can take a while. It could even be described as a pointless task. Similarly, finding a publican who would turn down the opportunity to serve David Cameron and George Osborne a cask ale would normally be impossible.
Yet multimillion-selling pop star Paul Heaton, formerly of the Housemartins and The Beautiful South, juggles both. But he's not in anybody's "gang." Contrary to popular belief, Heaton was never in Red Wedge - Neil Kinnock's band of musos who wanted to sing Labour into power in the 1980s.
Heaton turned his back on them when they baulked at the suggestion that the music industry should be nationalised. "Not very socialist that, is it?" he asks. "I still want to nationalise it."
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