MARIA DUARTE recommends a remarkable study of the friendship between a Palestinian and a Pakistani, broken by a hostile state
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PETER MASON is exhilarated by an exciting, well-considered and historically minded tribute to the great Trinidadian instrument
Reducing historical lives to ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles, we lose the nuance of those lives and a clearer understanding of past societies, suggests CLAIRE ISABELLA GILMOUR
CHRIS SEARLE relishes the genius of pianist Alexander Hawkins, his many ensembles, and his new album
The best of times
the worst of times,
the boom, the bust,
the ashes to ashes
and the dust to dust,
the punky reggae party
with the faded goth,
from for whom the bell tolls
to the grapes of wrath.
Sometimes it all adds up. Sometimes it doesn't.
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