WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Edge of seat multi-generational power struggle
MAYER WAKEFIELD recommends a powerful drama from Clean Break who specialise in work concerning women’s experience of the criminal justice system
SUPERB CHARACTERISATIONS: Ashna Rabheru (Leila) and Avita Jay (Aleena)
[Suzi Corker] 
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
Favour
Holloway Theatre, Bush Theatre
CELEBRATING its 50th year, the Bush Theatre is excelling in producing quality dramas reflecting working-class life in the capital.
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