DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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From Women to the World, Letters for a New Century
Timely counsel from the worldly wise
SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENT: (Above) The Rape Hurts Foundation (RHF) in Bukyerimba, Kamuli, Uganda and (inset) its founder Hellen Lunkuse T Waiswa
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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
IN THIS collection of writings from women across the world, letter-writing is put to work to declare women’s solidarity, strength and resolve.
Edited by Elizabeth Filippouli, a journalist and founder of several networks to promote women’s leadership through partnerships, the book draws on “a global group of accomplished women,” made up of political activists, diplomats and business executives, with a smattering of royalty, writers and artists.
Each letter is a declaration addressed to someone admired, missed or hoped for in the future.
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