LEO BOIX recommends a ravishing, full-bodied drama about the intensely demanding and emotional art of Kabuki theatre
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On the day of the election, MARTIN GOLLAN reflects on the perennial relationship between the far-right and the back-hander
MARY CONWAY is gripped by the powerful emotional journeys portrayed by the parents of the perpetrator and victims of a mass shooting
LEO BOIX reviews a novel where shadows deceive and mortality looms, and a poetry collection that refuses to dim
ROBIN STYLES welcomes a boundary pushing work of fiction exploring the life and ideas of the godmother of modernism
PAUL DONOVAN recommends an energetic adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel, that emphasises how psychiatry is a tool in the hands of a racist agenda
RAPPER Snoop Dogg was recently censured for an Instagram post in which he compared himself — looking in fine fettle after almost 30 years of marijuana consumption — to a decidedly unhealthy looking Paul Gascoigne, whose similarly lengthy relationship with alcohol appears to have taken its toll.
Though I wouldn’t praise Mr Dogg for singling out someone who has clearly struggled with addiction, he nevertheless has a point. In 2017, there were over 7,000 alcohol-specific deaths in Britain, where the drug is taxed, advertised and used as a prop by politicians on the campaign trail.
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MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives