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Theatre Review
Theatre Review
Virtuoso exposure of colonialism
DAN GLAZEBROOK recommends an outstanding one-man show that explores the colonial history of Sierra Leone
Theatre Review
Theatre Review
When you can’t breathe, it ain’t funny
MARY CONWAY relishes a magnificent performance and the rich street language in a flawed depiction of racist police violence in downtown New York
21st Century Poetry
21st Century Poetry
When the Pilrig Church Clock Strikes 13
by Mike Cowley
Fiction
Fiction
Class menagerie
FIONA O’CONNOR assesses a dense and overpopulated novel that isn’t satire and doesn’t go deep
Fiction
Fiction
A fine evocation of today’s Nigeria
MARJORIE MAYO recommends the story of two families caught up in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession and political corruption
Exhibition review
Exhibition review
Arab diaspora blues
LEO BOIX reviews an exhibition combines personal histories, political struggles and Jewish-Arab roots to denounce political oppression and advocate for social justice
Books
Books
US ‘back-yardism’ scrutinised
A good old-fashioned spy yarn in the tradition of Graham Greene’s classic Our Man in Havana, opines ROGER McKENZIE
Album reviews
Album reviews
Album reviews with Tony Burke: May 13, 2024
Scotland's finest, hippie memorabilia and the best Americana of 2024 so far: reviews of Jack Bruce, Music from Laurel Canyon, and Dylan LeBlanc
Literature
Literature
Your first time in the north
PAUL FARMER recommends the perplexing realism of a working-class writer whose books are about far more than they appear to be
Book Review
Book Review
Britain’s first black Olympian
ALEX HALL is fascinated by the cosmopolitan life and internationalist values of the black sprinter and humanitarian, Harry Edward