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GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Anarchy unmasked, from Shelley to Johnson
In these turbulent times, the political gulf between the great radical poet and our disgraceful Prime Minister couldn't be more glaring
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
ONCE again, it almost seems a dereliction of duty to restrict this column to my cultural activities, given the momentous events taking place in Britain right now.
But I am fully aware they are covered elsewhere in the Star and if you want to read my singular take on events you can do so in my regular blog at facebook.com/attilathestockbroker.
However, as someone who opposed the far right in the 1980s and has been on the receiving end of fascist violence, I have to say this. The most poisonous thing about Johnson’s disgusting, hate-filled “surrender and betrayal” rhetoric is that he doesn’t actually believe it himself.
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