GEOFF BOTTOMS relishes a profoundly human portrait of a family as it evolves across 55 years in Sheffield
Magnificent tribute to 'ordinary giants' who've shaped our radical vision
Pic: Rwendland/Creaive Commons
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an excellently crafted new musical that explores the life and death of Ruth Ellis
PAUL DONOVAN is tickled by the excruciating take-downs of one of the funniest, wittiest, political writers around.
RON JACOBS points out, via a transcription of Kissinger’s secret recordings, that Trump could never have existed without Nixon and Kissinger
ELLIS RAE is persuaded that the advantages of the ‘talking cure’ are superior to the treatment of mental illness with drugs
JOHN GREEN, MICHAL BONCZA and BELLA KATZ review The Good Boy, Broken English, and Don't Be Prey
Robb Johnson
Ordinary Giants: A Life and Times, 1918-2018
(Irregular Records)
THIS triple CD is a magnificent labour of love, a song suite based on the life and times of Robb Johnson's father Ron, who volunteered for the RAF in 1939 and then worked as a teacher in the state sector.
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