SUSAN DARLINGTON applauds a one-man show that navigates racist barriers to tell the story of the black pilot, boxer and jazz musician
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CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Rwanda-born jazz vocalist INEZA
JOHN GREEN recommends that rare thing, a British novelist who is politically aware, entertaining and who writes to the moment
RITA DI SANTO picks the best films from a festival that adopted a ‘neutral’ political position, despite the looming presence of the AfD
MATTHEW HAWKINS sees past the purple prose to themes of rejection and ageing in the autobiographical fiction of Rupert Everett
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JON BALDWIN introduces a new translation of Karl Marx’s masterwork that is readable, relatable and refreshed
GORDON PARSONS is bowled over by a skilfully stripped down and powerfully relevant production of Hamlet
THE Rwanda-born singer Ineza, says of her striking and beautifully sung first album Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories: “Its unifying theme is championing the works of female composers, singers and songwriters in the jazz world.”
Her accompanying band are all women, with the exception of pianist Alex Webb: bassist Charlie Pyne, Katie Patterson on drums, trombonist Rosie Turton and tenor saxophonist Maddy Coombs. There is also an all-women string quartet of violinists Johanna Burnheart and Annalise Lam, with Julia dos Reis on viola and cellist Miranda Lewis-Brown.
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