MARK TURNER holds on tight for a mesmerising display of Neath-born ragtime virtuosity
Zero Units and extrajudicial executions
Kill or Capture: Inside the CIA’s Secret Afghan Army
Joe Glenton (left) interviewing the families of those killed by the Zero Units
[Redfish] 
ALAN MORRISON introduces a UK poet whose despised daytime occupation provides the subject for his writing
MARK TURNER wallows in the virtuosity of Swansea Jazz Festival openers, Simon Spillett and Pete Long
PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature
Doomed adolescents, when the missing person is you, classic whodunnit, and an anti-capitalist eco-thriller
WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
WITH the ongoing war in Afghanistan seemingly of little interest to much of the British media, journalist Joe Glenton’s new documentary is very welcome.
Having served in Kandahar with the British army in 2006 before going Awol and refusing to fight in the war, Glenton returns to Afghanistan to try to uncover the truth about shadowy death squads operating in the country.
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