The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends an impressive impersonation of Bob Dylan
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by Alistair Findlay
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Here, Vermiglio, William Tell and Wolf Man
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Emphasising his continuous engagement in labour movement struggles, ALISTAIR FINDLAY salutes John Foster’s contribution as activist, strategist, intellectual and defender of the Morning Star
ANDY MIAH advocates the use of AI to assist people by expanding access to global literature and culture
EWAN KOTZ relishes a veteran Glasgow band that have lost none of their verve for live performance
On the 60th Anniversary of the October Revolution
the comrades met in the room above the chemist’s
(now Haddows) beside the Railway Tavern.
It was Sunday before noon
John Foster’s coming through —
fellow-travellers welcome.
The room was bare and wooden,
posters flaking. We all stood,
a minute’s silence ticked away,
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