ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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Best of 2019: Theatre
John Kani's Kunene and the King, set in post-apartheid South Africa, was a highlight of the year
Mirror to life: John Kani and Anthony Sher in Kunene and the King
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams
GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
THERE is always a place for skilful modern treatments of the classics and Tom Morris’s production of Cyrano de Bergerac, adapted by Peter Oswald, bubbled with a sparky contemporary wit.
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STEPHEN ARNELL looks back to when protesters took to the streets in London demand to Irish liberty, fair pay and free speech — and wonders what’s changed in 138 years
