STEVE ANDREW enjoys an account of the many communities that flourished independently of and in resistance to the empires of old
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Edinburgh Festival preview
There are thousands of shows to choose from at this year's festival. GORDON PARSONS helps you make your mind up
Promising: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
FROM August 2-26, the Edinburgh Festival carnival again takes over the Scottish capital with its unique mix of cultural entertainment from the most original and thought-provoking to the comically inane.
Among the wealth of foreign productions featured in the main festival programme, Sydney Theatre Company’s adaptation of Kate Grenville’s prize- winning novel The Secret River catches the eye.
It deals with the life of William Thornhill who, deported to Australia in 1806, carves out a new life and helps to create a new world for the European settlers.
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