MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
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PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
LOCKED down in a conference room overlooking the Cote d’Azur, the wives of the US and French presidents await the outcome of a summit conference debating joint military retaliation for terrorist acts in the US.
Zoe Wanamaker’s Helen, the previously married, considerably older wife and former teacher of her husband, bears striking similarities to Brigitte Macron while Zrinka Cvitesic as Sophia, the Yugoslavian born ex-model, is not a million miles from Melania Trump.
And their relationships with their husbands also mirror the current first ladies’ apparent roles — the first plays an active part in presidential political life, the latter is a trophy wife to be flaunted in public.
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