PETER MASON applauds the revival, 39 years later with the same team and cast, of Manfred Karge’s version of Brecht’s 100-year-old play, Mann Ist Mann
Quo vadis?
Finding or refinding its purpose will be fundamental to the future of the Party - what that cannot mean is being a lighter shade of blue, writes PAUL DONOVAN
Cartoon: Pete Songi
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
New releases from Biita Houdei, The Mary Wallopers, and The Tubs
MAYER WAKEFIELD applauds a fearless attempt to bring to the stage the 1984 toxic gas disaster in Bhopal, India
ALEX HALL applauds the account of a dogged, traumatic and punishing campaign for justice that has lasted from 1998 to the present day
NICK WRIGHT laments the political bias of an epic attempt to tell the history of the liberation of France from the Nazis, that excludes both the decisive contribution of the Soviet Red Army, and of the French communist party itself
A Century of Labour
by Jon Cruddas
Polity £25
LABOUR MP Jon Cruddas has produced a timely account of the 100-year history of the Labour Party.
The retiring MP for Dagenham and Rainham poses a number of challenging questions throughout, not the least being does the party have a purpose?
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