The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Martin Figura - Sand
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
Sand
Martin Figura
A little Midlands new town with nothing left
to make or do, or mountains to speak of
and no-one passing through. The bypass
exit sign does not say An Historic Market Town.
No stately home, cathedral, cobbled streets,
no green or pond, no ducks, no honey-stoned
second homes; just overspill without blue
plaques. The town hall is an office block.
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