MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
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To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
BILLY CHILDISH’S aesthetic is not one I share but that he’s true to this aesthetic is something I admire. I wasn’t much of a Fall fan but liked that they were doing their own thing. Billy Childish has been doing that with poetry for decades “because/i can’t spell/and/refuse to show off/with cheap tricks” his poem i am the un corrected states.
Doing his own thing: Billy Childish
His book the uncollected from Tangerine Press brings together 40 years of his poems.
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