MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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MARIA DUARTE is surprised to find herself swept up in the drama of marketing an over-priced shoe
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
Air (15)
Directed by Ben Affleck
WITH an annual reported turnover of more than $50 billion it is hard to believe that Nike were ever the underdogs but that is the case in this extraordinary story about a shoe, the Air Jordan, which would revolutionise both the world of sport and modern culture.
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