Unforgettable duet: Charli XCX (right) with Christine and the Queens
KATHRYN JOHNSON recommends the work of Norman Kaplan that was a tool in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
GAVIN O’TOOLE welcomes a bold feminist subversion of classic folktales that are ubiquitous in the Irish imagination
A novel by Mexican Juan Pablo Villalobos, poetry by Mexican Ingrid Bringas, and a biography by Argentinian Mercedes Halfon
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an entertaining dramatisation of the famous dispute that gives insight into the struggle, and Murdoch’s unscrupulous mendacity
ELLIS RAE is disappointed by the revival of a nihilistic play that fails to offer alternatives for social change
STEVE JOHNSON recommends an exceptional album that explores the narrative folk tradition often with a strong political message
POP princess Charli XCX delivers stupendously catchy tunes for the “woke” generation.
Her Halloween set, which did not have any references to the Brexit delay, had an angels and demons theme with many an adoring fan donning the fancy dress of either-or.
New releases from Kennedy Administration, Melanie Pain, and Afton Wolfe
New releases from Toby Hay, Bruce Springsteen, Bonnie Dobson & The Hanging Stars
New releases from Mountain, Soul Asylum and Michael McDermott
