CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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PAUL FOLEY recommends a powerful theatrical reflection on the senseless slaughter of WWI
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Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching to the Somme
Liverpool Playhouse/Touring
4/5
AS DAWN broke on July 1 1916, men from the 36th Ulster Division clambered out of their trenches and rushed towards the river Somme.
By the time the sun set, 5,550 lay dead on that bloody field in France.
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