Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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Rosen on genocide
ANDY HEDGECOCK welcomes an explanation of genocide by the persecuted author that is both uplifting and important
[Illustration by Benjamin Philips]
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
One Day
Michael Rosen & Benjamin Phillips, Walker Studio, £12.99
ARTISTS brave enough to criticise Israel’s catastrophic treatment of the Palestinian people risk a double whammy. Not only do the inevitable allegations of anti-semitism trigger calls for a boycott, but attention shifts from the cultural product to the manufactured scandal.
Consider the cases of musician Roger Waters, film-maker Ken Loach and writer-actor Miriam Margolyes. Then, of course, there’s the children’s writer and poet Michael Rosen.
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MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
ANDY HEDGECOCK recommends two collections of short stories that use a single location to connect the narratives, and explore the limits of our ability to understand the world
FIONA O’CONNOR detects contemporary relevance in the depiction of a society heading into the abyss while the world does nothing