The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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A study in cynicism
ANDREW MURRAY welcomes the inside story of Labour under Starmer for the revelations it offers as to who is pulling the strings
BACK STABBER: Keir Starmer, then Brexit secretary, readies to betray Jeremy Corbyn, then Labour leader, 2019
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
Get In
Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund, Bodley Head, £25
IF you are miserable at the state of British politics, this is not the book to cheer you up.
It implicitly poses a question: what do you call someone driven entirely by a near-psychotic hatred of the socialist left, who is scornful of trade unions, is prepared to lie and deceive to achieve political objectives, has “no regard for politicians” and panders to every prejudice to win support?
The bad news is that the answer is: the man running the country.
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