MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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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
ON GRASSY Noel’s new album TemPestuous Times, cut with supporting group APE, there’s real quality in the unique sonic montage that he achieves.
His editor and sound designer Lu Edmunds put in an enormous amount of work in sound-sculpting the tracks. He says: “For him it’s ‘horspiel,’ a mental movie, an odyssey in space and time.”
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