ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
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MARIA DUARTE appreciates a political thriller set in the Tudor court of Henry VIII
Alicia Vikander and Jude Law as Katherine Parr and Henry VIII in Firebrand
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
MICK McSHANE rubs shoulders with Mod legend Steve Craddock and joins in with the joyous Glasgow choir
DENNIS BROE sifts out the ideological bias of the newest TV series offerings, and picks out what to see, and what to avoid
Firebrand (15)
Directed by Karim Ainouz
THERE have been umpteen films about Henry VIII and his reign, and several of his wives and his children, yet this is one of the first about his sixth and last spouse Katherine Parr, who cared for him during his final years and survived him.
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