MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ Work-In reflected in a musical drama
Two women workers, in an industry facing closure, are drawn into the monumental, heroic battle
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ALEX HALL is disgusted by the misuse of ‘emotional narratives’ to justify uninformed geo-political prejudice
SUE TURNER welcomes a thoughtful, engaging book that lays bare the economic realities of global waste management
JOHN GREEN welcomes an insider account of the achievements and failures of the transition to democracy in Portugal
SIMON PARSONS applauds an imaginative and absorbing updating of Strindberg’s classic
PETER MASON is enthralled by an assembly of objects, ancient and modern, that have lain in the mud of London’s river
THIS year marks the 50th anniversary of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders’ Work-In of 1971-72, and the always resplendent Townsend Productions have a new musical drama to bring this powerful story to life.
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