MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
The mesmerising Xenakis
On the centenary of the incomparable Greek composer’s birth ANGUS REID recalls and recommends a new recording of his Pleiades and Persephassa
(L to R) Expo 1958 Philips Pavilion and Iannis Xenakis in his Paris studio
[(L to R) Wouter Hagens/CC and portrait: The Friends of Xenakis/CC] 
New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
Pleiades and Persephassa
Percussions de Strasbourg
Philips — Prospective 21e Siecle
THERE are two great composers-in-exile whose music defines their national culture. One is Chopin who lived in France in the 19th century and wrote for his then-extinguished country, Poland.
The other is Xenakis who also lived in France as an illegal immigrant in the 20th century, having been made the target of British-led anti-communist assassination by the Greek far right in 1947.
A qualified engineer, he became a lead architect for Le Corbusier, who had no qualms about employing immigrants because he could take the credit and pay low wages.
More from this author
ANGUS REID applauds the ambitious occupation of a vast abandoned paper factory by artists mindful of the departed workforce
ANGUS REID calls for artists and curators to play their part with political and historical responsibility
ANGUS REID recommends a landmark work of aural history that follows the intertwined lives of four International Brigaders
ANGUS REID reviews a book that is an important and comprehensive work of documentation
