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

JAN WOOLF relishes an extensive history of our long relationship to trees in Britain that underlines the current emergency

DIANE WATT argues that while evidence of sex is not there, a 16th‑century lesbian poet could be Scotland’s answer to Gentleman Jack

KEITH RICHMOND relishes a superbly conceived modern version of Aeschylus’ drama of murderous family succession