ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart
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Weeded out of business by a cannabis coup
How big business cornered the market following drug decriminalisation in the US is a classic example of capitalism at its most ruthless, says DENNIS BROE
HIGH-END HORTICULTURE: Cannabis greenhouse facility in Denver, Colorado
[Pic: Cannabis Tours/Creative Commons]
Death comes for Liberals, entitled murder, Vatican hit squads, and fraternising with the Blitz killer
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GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied the notion that women cannot paint like men
The Bard pays homage to Hull’s finest promoter and venue, and awards Douze Points to Laibach
KEVIN DONNELLY outlines how the bourgeois institutions inhibit our ability to to view art in revolutionary ways, and suggests some tactics to overturn it
The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing: An Almost True Account
by Matt Taibbi
(OR Books, £17.90)
IN DONALD TRUMP’S capitalist self-help tome The Art of the Deal — a book he of course did not write and which has since been disowned by its ghost writer — he outlines his rules for getting ahead.
They include: “Think big,” “Maximise options,” “Use leverage,” “Fight back” and “Contain costs.” In Trump’s hands, these translate into swamping and blackmailing the competition, smearing them in the press and refusing to pay your employees.
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