DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Getting to know the ancient masters of land, sea and air
JOHN GREEN recommends an impressive compendium of fascinating facts about our feathered friends who have been around for a mere 150 million years
(L to R) Detail of the Central Panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch and Edward Julian Detmold, rukh lifting an elephant, illustration to The Arabian Nights
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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
Avian Illuminations – a Cultural History of Birds
By Boria Sax
Reaktion Books £25
THIS lavishly illustrated book is quite an ambitious undertaking. Boria Sax covers a wide range of themes, from birds in mythology, in history, religion and in art, to birds in the future. A whistle-stop tour of our historical relationship with birds from the dawn of humanity to the present.
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