WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
A warm welcome for the new and much-needed international front for radical artists
Great oaks from little acorns grow: the inauguration of IAF
[International Art Front] 
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
ALMOST since the day the fight for socialism became organised, artists in Britain have looked for ways to use their talents in the aid of this great vision.
In the 1930s Alan Bush founded the William Morris Music Society as an organisation for artists to discuss politics and music and how they work together.
Similarly, in 1933, thanks to Pearl Binder, Clifford Rowe, Misha Black, James Fitton and others, the Artists’ International Association was formed which sought to promote “unity of artists for peace, democracy and cultural development.”
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The centenary of his birth is a chance to assess the remarkable combination of Marxism, activism and modernism in the works of Luigi Nono
