SIMON PARSONS applauds an impassioned demonstration of the fundamental role of women in the history and protection of the forest ecosystem
Trade unionist’s criminal debut of note

Best Served Cold
by Richard Garner
(Umbria Press, £8.99)
HAVING finally hung up my dancing shoes as the Star’s industrial correspondent, I’ve returned to Liverpool this week for what could be my last trip to a national teaching union conference.
These events have taken me to Cardiff, Brighton and Harrogate over the past three years. They attract a full pack of journalists on the road, as opposed to the depleted industrial corps of three, maximum, that cover the other unions.
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