DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Global concerns in Cairo
RITA DI SANTO reports from a film festival with an acute international perspective
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
CAIRO International Film Festival — the oldest in the entire Arab World, Africa and the Middle East — has just celebrated its 40th anniversary.
With some 200 films in the programme, it's been a showcase for the wealth of talent and diversity of Egyptian and global cinema, with a mix of features, documentary, retrospectives and experiments in virtual reality.
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