CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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RON JACOBS revisits the Antiwar Troupe’s 1971 Tour
Rita Martenson, Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland in the FTA (Fuck The Army) Show 1971
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TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
F*ck The Army! How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War
Lindsay Goss, NYU Press, £30
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