Reviews of A New Kind Of Wilderness, The Marching Band, Good One and Magic Farm by MARIA DUARTE, ANDY HEDGECOCK and MICHAL BONCZA
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‘Where change needs to occur’
LEYLA McCALLA talks to Chris Searle about the power of music in transforming hearts and minds
SCOTT ALSWORTH foresees the coming of the smaller, leaner, and class conscious indie studio, with art as its guiding star
MARJORIE MAYO recommends an accessible and unsettling novel that uses a true incident of death in the Channel to raise questions of wider moral responsibility
MIK SABIERS wallows in a night of political punk and funk that fires both barrels at Trump
Reasonable radicalism, death in Abu Dhabi, locked-room romance, and sleuthing in the Blitz
SIMON DUFF recommends a new album from renowned composer and oud player Anour Brahem.
JAMES WALSH has a great night in the company of basketball players, quantum physicists and the exquisite timing of Rosie Jones
“THE capitalist system in the US is bigger than Trump,” says Leyla McCalla.
“It has placed a disproportionate amount of power in the hands of corporations and lobbyists who buy off our congresspeople and senators to affect policy and legislation.
“With Trump at the helm, because of his bombastic and ridiculous personality, these sharks are circling with renewed vigour but they’ve always been there. That’s overwhelming.”
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