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Book Review / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026

JAMIE BRITTON invites readers to visit 3,500 locals as part of a marathon artistic pub crawl

hyperpolitics
Book Review / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026

JOHN GREEN welcomes a valuable and incisive analysis of a world become hyperpolitical but without the mass movement institutions to represent it

round up
Cinema / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026
fotw
Film of the Week / 20 August 2026
20 August 2026

Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation

winstone
Interview / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026

Chris Searle speaks to jazz vocalist NORMA WINSTONE

21st Century Poetry / 19 August 2026
19 August 2026

by Ayo Ayoola-Amale

matter arch
Book Review / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026

JAMES WALSH is moved by a provocative and original take on the relationship between ecology and architecture, and a plea to work with, not against, the materials and minerals of our world

swots blots
Book Review / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026

JAMIE BRITTON welcomes a celebration of Leo Baxendale, who was always political and the godfather of British comics

dance
Follow the Movement / 18 August 2026
18 August 2026

An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance

churchill
Theatre Review / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026

EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message

SD albums
Music / 17 August 2026
17 August 2026
Bhalla
Interview / 14 August 2026
14 August 2026

Angus Reid speaks to JAZZ BHALLA about the genesis of his superb feature debut, Never Had A Chance, in cinemas this weekend