Reviews of Habibi Funk 031, Kayatibu, and The Good Ones
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Killing me softly
BEN LUNN decodes the misleading rhetoric by which the BBC masks a philistine Tory agenda in the arts
The closure of the BBC Singers is a heinous act of cultural vandalism
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
ON March 7, the BBC announced their New Strategy for Classical Music. Following a year of review, which they say explores the culture sector as a whole, while investigating the BBC’s role within it, the new strategy supposedly will “strengthen its public purpose for classical music, delivering the best music to a wider audience, with a significant new investment in music education”.
The five key points of this strategy are:
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