JENNY MITCHELL, poetry co-editor for the Morning Star, introduces her priorities, and her first selection
Jane Clegg, Finborough Theatre
Predictable drama with feminist intimations gets classy revival
PUT UPON: Alix Dunmore (Jane)
[Carla Evans]
HENRY BELL is sceptical of the notion that ‘progress’ is an ideology that the ruling class uses exclusively to camouflage appropriation
In search of political understanding, MATTHEW HAWKINS welcomes a critique of anti-semitism as codified by the Israeli state
BEN CHACKO welcomes a masterful analysis that puts class struggle back at the heart of our understanding of China’s revolution
JOHN GREEN is intrigued by the ethereal, ghostly quality of images of a London unobscured by the bustle of humanity
JENNY FARRELL relishes an outstanding Palestinian novel that immerses readers in the sensory reality of Gaza, then and now
AI-induced murder, last rites for the mob-dog, a gullible common herd, and an exemplary Christmas chiller
ORIGINALLY performed in 1913, St John Irvine’s Jane Clegg now appears to be the most conventional of plays.
Yet this straightforward tale of a woman realising her power remains an important historical document of a time when the portrayal of female characters in British drama was radically shifting in response to the suffragette movement.
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