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An opportunistic misinterpretation of Brecht’s intentions
ANGUS REID challenges a narrative that has no interest in reality or politics and uses Brecht to side with the cultural right wing, the partisans of Greek ethnic superiority
Graves of the children of the Karabudak family murdered in the Maratha massacre described by the UN as a crime against humanity. The perpetrators were EOKA-B an ultra right-wing Greek Cypriot paramilitaries led by Georgios Grivas
[Seksen iki yuz kirk bes/Creative Commons]
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
Heinz-Uwe Haus and theatre making in Cyprus and Greece
Edited by Heinz-Uwe Haus and Daniel Meyer-Dinkgrafe
Cambridge Scholars Publishing £68.99
HEINZ-UWE HAUS is the East German theatre director credited with kick-starting the National Theatre of Cyprus through a series of popular productions of Brecht and ancient Greek classics in the mid-70s.
It is a poisoned legacy.
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