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The Defeat of Gilgamesh by Greta Sykes
Ancient narrative given acute contemporary resonance
OPPOSING THE PATRIARCHY: Inanna, goddess of love and war
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
THE EPIC of the hero Gilgamesh is a poem of ancient Mesopotamian origin which is reputed to be the very earliest surviving work of literature.
One of the most important historical documentary evidences of human civilisation, it was only rediscovered in the 1850s and was not to be translated into a readable format until the 1870s.
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The Morning Star sorts the good eggs from the rotten scoundrels of the year
Two new releases from Burkina Faso and Niger, one from French-based Afro Latin The Bongo Hop, and rare Mexican bootlegs