DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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MICHAL BONCZA recommends an exhibition on how buildings impact on our well-being
Abram Games, Your Britain: Fight for it now - Medical facilities available at a modern health centre contrasted with ill health in old-fashioned housing, poster, 1942
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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
Living with Buildings
Wellcome Collection, London
THERE'S an exquisite compactness running through this free exhibition. Restrained and mindful of its own narrative and the elegance with which it manages the sheer wealth of information, its darkened space enhances the pull of the individual exhibits, creating an intimacy that invites contemplation.
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