STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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TIME HAS COME: Detail from Ralph Griffin’s Eagle (1988), part of the We Will Walk exhibition
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency
DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack
WITH This Evil Thing, Michael Mears has created a mesmerising drama on the brave struggles of pacifists during the first world war.
This talented — and, in lockdown, amazingly resourceful — writer and actor filmed the whole thing in his flat. His play — in which Mears plays 52 roles — runs at 90 minutes. He has performed it more than 100 times in Britain and the US but has now produced a lockdown version on his phone.
“Lockdown” is perhaps appropriate because, as Mears says,“Just over 100 years ago, British conscientious objectors were locked down in this country against their will because of the ‘virus’ it was feared they were spreading — the virus of pacifism and anti-militarism.”
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