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MARK TURNER holds on tight for a mesmerising display of Neath-born ragtime virtuosity
A visionary who still inspires
Jenny Farrell pays tribute to JOHN HEARTFIELD, the creator of political photomontage, who died 50 years ago today
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
A FEARLESS communist and activist who lived through two world wars, John Heartfield was born in Berlin in 1891.
Along with his brother and two sisters he was abandoned by his parents at the age of eight and went with his siblings to live with relatives. After finishing school, the brothers moved first to Wiesbaden and from there to Munich where Heartfield studied art.
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