MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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Tim Wells: Stand up and spit
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
The missing sister, the vengeful WAG, cruise ship claustrophobia, and reanimated Avengers
Three great releases of lost concerts by Duke Ellington Orchestra, John Taylor & Stan Sulzman, and Joe Henderson
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
“TIM WELLS is made of reggae, lager top, pie and mash and Leyton Orient FC.”
That’s my biog. I’ve long held that a biog is a list of apologies. When I read ’em in magazines and hear ’em at readings I just hear a litany of: “I’m sorry I went to school at… I’m sorry I’ve been published in… I’m sorry I was listed for…”
Even the Morning Star’s own, frequently sparkling, Well Versed column has occasionally lost its fizz by publishing a biog that’s longer than the accompanying poem.
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