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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
Theatre review: Angel Meadow
Hell on earth in mayhem’s Meadow — PAUL FOLEY reports on a stunning interactive production which catalogues the experience of Irish immigrants in Manchester’s slums
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
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“Hell upon earth. Everything here arouses horror and indignation.” Thus declared Friedrich Engels about Angel Meadow, the squalid working-class slum in Manchester’s Ancoats district.
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