JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
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The upside of regicide
GAVIN O’TOOLE relishes an account of the ideological creativity that was sparked by the abolition of the monarchy in England
STUFFY AUTHORITARIANS: Charles I by Anthony Van Dyck, 1635; Charles III, 2019
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WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
BOB NEWLAND recommends a political thriller from former anti-apartheid activist Peter Hain
JAMES WALSH speaks to Chris Thorpe-Tracey - among many things, a one-time Morning Star columnist — about songs, cities, politics and prophecy
The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England
Jonathan Healey, Bloomsbury, £30
WHAT better way to mark the coronation of Charles III than to recall the execution of his predecessor, Charles I, as the crowning moment of a revolution?
The dethronement of Charles in 1649 ushered in an unprecedented experiment in republicanism amid extraordinary ideological ferment the like of which England has not experienced since.
Given the forthcoming accession of his namesake, it is tempting to make comparisons between the 17th-century monarch and that of today.
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