MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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Organic eye-openers
Drawing on elements such as seeds, pods and fruit stones, VERONICA RYAN'S works subtly reflect environmental and sociopolitical concerns, says Michal Boncza
NARRATIVES: (L to R) Sewing Seeds, Tidal
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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
Veronica Ryan: Along a Spectrum
Spike Island, Bristol
VERONICA RYAN is an outsider by circumstance as much as by choice. Born in Montserrat, she came to Britain as a child as part of the Windrush exodus.
When at the Bath Academy of Art, Ryan was the only black student for the first two years of her course. In a new environment, she would be noticed first and foremost for the colour of her skin and this would cause her considerable anxiety.
As she does now, she understood then that separateness is both sovereignty and independence and has resolutely resisted being pigeonholed.
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