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A tsunami of historical proportions
The Great Wave is an acute reflection of the fraught relations between Japan and North Korea, says SIMON PARSONS
SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
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TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
The Great Wave
National Theatre, London
IN 1987, when a North Korean terrorist was captured after blowing up a South Korean airliner, the first real evidence came to light that numerous Japanese had been abducted by the North Koreans in order to train their agents to pass for Japanese.
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