MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Equestrian sculptures of Manuel Rodriguez in Chile and Jose Gervasio Artigas in Uruguay
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(L to R) Manuel Rodriguez; Jose Gervasio Artigas
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
WHILE equestrian statues are probably the most ubiquitous of all public monuments in Western towns and cities, their aesthetics are predictably formulaic.
Three or four standard formats are replicated ad nauseam and most are offensive examples of wars waged by the rapacious elites of any given country.
Roman emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius, whose 2,000-year-old equestrian statue is the oldest complete one in existence, is without armour or weapons as befits a supposed bringer of peace.
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