MARY CONWAY applauds the revival of a tense, and extremely funny, study of men, money and playing cards
Digging it in Wigan, damning the ‘credit crunch’ in Devon
Inspirational: Merry Hell, Bury me Naked
MEHDI ACHOUCHE explores the constant fascination of cinema with Marxist alienation from Fritz Lang and Chaplin to Bong Joon Ho
FIONA O’CONNOR steps warily through a novel that skewers many of the exposed flanks of the over-privileged
MARY CONWAY applauds the study of a dysfunctional family set in an Ireland that could be anywhere
MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
THE WIGAN Diggers’ Festival last Saturday was an absolute triumph. A brilliant celebration of the ideas of Diggers’ leader Gerrard Winstanley, raised in the town, it links his pioneering socialist ideas at the time of the English Revolution of 1649 to the struggles of today.
It was a great honour to bring my band Barnstormer 1649 to take part and to play the songs I have written about that vital period in history to the most appropriate audience possible.
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