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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A class act
In an era of cuts to drama education, the Dickens Theatre Company is providing a vital service with its schools tour of Macbeth, says LYNNE WALSH
Deadly duo: Rob Goll and Louise Faulkner in rehearsal
[Mel Philpott]
MIK SABIERS revels in a band that ploughs an idiosyncratic furrow of expletive laden, guitar-driven alt rock
ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARIA DUARTE and ANGUS REID review Synthetic Sincerity, Our Hero, Balthazar, Heartstopper Forever, and A Year In London
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
SCHOOL trips to see plays are vital, not only to young people’s English lessons but to the theatres hosting them.
Both the National and Globe theatres have reported a 7 per cent drop in educational bookings in the past year, with rising costs and falling teacher numbers being blamed.
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