The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Nelly Giulien - Warm Britannia
Edited by JODY PORTER
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
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Nelly Giulien
A hundred thousand useless mouths and backs - A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift
Note on poem: The bodies of 15,500 miscarried and aborted babies were incinerated as general waste by twenty-seven NHS trusts in just the last two years, with Ipswich and Addenbrookes Hospitals using them for green fuel
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