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WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Paul Foley's theatre of the year
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
IT'S been another tough year for the north west but, throughout these turbulent times, the cultural life of the region has shone through the gloom.
Against the odds in 2017 our great theatres have continued to make audiences laugh, cry and become angry as well as determined to fight for a better world.
While most have tightened their belts, the Liverpool Everyman took the bold step of creating its own rep company that debuted with a smashing Fiddler on the Roof, a musical portrait of peasant life in tsarist Russia.
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