RITA DI SANTO draws attention to a new film that features Ken Loach and Jeremy Corbyn, and their personal experience of media misrepresentation
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MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exhibition on how buildings impact on our well-being
Abram Games, Your Britain: Fight for it now - Medical facilities available at a modern health centre contrasted with ill health in old-fashioned housing, poster, 1942
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JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
Living with Buildings
Wellcome Collection, London
THERE'S an exquisite compactness running through this free exhibition. Restrained and mindful of its own narrative and the elegance with which it manages the sheer wealth of information, its darkened space enhances the pull of the individual exhibits, creating an intimacy that invites contemplation.
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