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Masters of Mankind
by Simon Haines
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Bob Trevino Likes It, Lilo & Stitch, Fountain of Youth
GEORGE FOGARTY falls under a spell of an unpretentious gathering that is as edifying as it is entertaining
STEVE JOHNSON interviews with Martin Green about his love affair with brass bands
Generous helpings of Hawaiian pidgin, rather good jokes, and dodging the impostors
RITA DI SANTO speaks to the exiled Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa about Two Prosecutors, his chilling study of the Stalinist purges
FIONA O’CONNOR is fascinated by a novel written from the perspective of a neurodivergent psychology student who falls in love
‘All for ourselves, and nothing for other people
— the vile maxim of the masters of mankind’
Adam Smith
We know who you are
as you flit across our
screens, board planes,
meet in Davros, oily
oligarchs, bonused
bigwigs, leering landlords,
bulging bishops, celebrities
who taunt, tease and trick us,
addled academics,
entitled royals
aimless heads still intact
you still fleece us
with our permission
torture us with gifts
but kill us daily also
with the hopes you ration
and betray
you know us better
than we know ourselves
until we come for you,
that is, as we will
Simon Haines is a language teacher, textbook writer and folk musician.
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