WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Cannabis: An American History by Box Brown
Cogent case for decriminalising marijuana
Cannabis: An American History by Box Brown (SelfMadeHero)
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
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
RAPPER Snoop Dogg was recently censured for an Instagram post in which he compared himself — looking in fine fettle after almost 30 years of marijuana consumption — to a decidedly unhealthy looking Paul Gascoigne, whose similarly lengthy relationship with alcohol appears to have taken its toll.
Though I wouldn’t praise Mr Dogg for singling out someone who has clearly struggled with addiction, he nevertheless has a point. In 2017, there were over 7,000 alcohol-specific deaths in Britain, where the drug is taxed, advertised and used as a prop by politicians on the campaign trail.
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