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JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
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Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Barrie
Barbara
(Winspear)
★★★★
HAPPY To Be Here, the exquisite debut from Brooklyn five-piece Barrie, hasn’t been far from my stereo since it was released in 2019.
Turns out the group split up shortly after, with songwriter and frontwoman Barrie Lindsay deciding to continue solo. Any concerns fans might have are quickly dispelled, with Barbara full of the kind of dreamy and melodic synth pop that lifted their first record to such great heights.
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