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CARLOS MARTINEZ puts under the microscope some of the misinterpretations that have bedevilled the analysis of the Spanish Civil War
ELEANOR DOBSON reflects on a stark visual record of the violent desecration of Tutankhamun’s mummified remains
RUTH AYLETT appreciates the rich blend of poetry and music that accompanied the launch of the Morning Star’s anthology of poetry, Who We Are
WANJA KIMANI explores the many bonds of community experience expressed in in the bold and colourful imagery of a new mural
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JAN WOOLF ponders the works and contested reputation of the West German sculptor and provocateur, who believed that everybody is potentially an artist
Spain's Left Critics by JR Campbell;
George Orwell and Spain by Bill Alexander
Manifesto Heritage, £6
George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia is, for many, the defining account of the Spanish Civil War. Although it took up the ideological perspective of just one of the many different factions that participated in that war, and although Orwell’s personal experience of the action was limited to a short stint on a quiet front, Homage to Catalonia has been reissued dozens of times and is on school and university curricula throughout the Western world.
Orwell’s perspective made its way even further into the popular consciousness as a result of socialist film-maker Ken Loach’s 1995 film Land and Freedom, which unfortunately is based largely on Orwell’s narrative.
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