DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
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Peter Barber: 100 Mile City and Other Stories
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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 THE 1960s and 1970s, Britain’s greatest architects all worked for local authorities on developing cutting-edge modern housing that would meet the aspirations of ordinary working people.
Their work in London is still there for all to see — Kate Macintosh (Dawson’s Heights), Erno Goldfinger (Trellick Tower), Patrick Hodgkinson (Brunswick Centre), Peter Tabori (Highgate New Town) and Neave Brown (Alexandra Road Estate) have created housing estates unsurpassed in scope and design.
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