MIK SABIERS savours the first headline solo show of the stalwart of Brighton’s indie-punk outfit Blood Red Shoes
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Requiem for Dublin street traders
EXISTENTIAL THREAT: The closing of marketplaces and the eradication of traditional street traders
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STEVEN ANDREW is moved beyond words by a historical account of mining in Britain made from the words of the miners themselves
CAILEAN MCBRIDE welcomes a refreshing and timely study of the way officialdom creates structures that exclude LGBT+ rights and humanity
The bard mourns the loss of comrades and troubadours, and looks for consolation with Black Country Jess
CHRIS MOSS relishes the painting and the life story of a self-taught working-class artist from Warrington
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by a star-studded adaptation of Ibsen’s play that is devoid of believable humanity
OVER the years the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith has presented many films by Ireland’s celebrated, documentary filmmaker Se Merry Doyle.
In this double bill Looking On and Alive Alive O – A Requiem for Dublin it is showing two of his most powerful films, which complement each other. Both focus on the destruction of Dublin’s inner city and the demolition of hundreds of homes and tenement dwellings.
Looking On was Merry Doyle’s first film, made in 1982. Forty years later it still stands as a vital voice for the people of Dublin.
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