STEVE JOHNSON recommends that you catch an unforgettable tribute to Woody Guthrie
Hope for the best, expect the worst
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes the first word on Transformative Adaptation, a new group that has grown out of Extinction Rebellion
MARJORIE MAYO recommends a punchy demonstration of the the way class politics are being fragmented by the right
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE recommends a deliciously dark thriller that explores the complex loyalties within a marriage
JOHN GREEN surveys the remarkable career of screenwriter Malcolm Hulke and the essential part played by his membership of the Communist Party
The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Last Breath, Sister Midnight, Opus, and The Electric State
HENRY BELL is moved by the account of scientists under seige in Leningrad who preferred to starve rather than sacrifice their life-saving work
RUTH AYLETT recommends two anthologies: one that bears witness to refugee and immigrant experiences, and the other to our political relationship to water
Transformative Adaptation: Another World Is Still Just Possible
Rupert Read and Morgan Phillips, with Manda Scott, Permanent Publications, £10.95
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According to top climate scientist Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, a 3°C world will be “full of horrors” and “an existential threat to human civilisation.”
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