SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
Best of 2018: Video games
by BEN COWLES
[Rockstar Games]
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
WITHOUT a doubt the best game this year is Rockstar Games’s Red Dead Redemption II (RDR II).
Not only is it a marvel to play and behold and its gameplay mechanics, story, characters, voice acting and its open world setting push the medium forward, the game’s political undertone is also fascinating, especially for us lefties.
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