JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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MARIA DUARTE recommends a tense exploration of environmental terrorism
Ariela Barer in How to Blow Up a Pipeline
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The bard joins the Carnival Against Fascism, which summer fun sends him down Memory Lane
FIONA O’CONNOR is bowled over by a stunning Welsh language drama
MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND
ALEX HALL welcomes an analysis of how modern capitalism is deeply intertwined with emotions, and their manipulation
How To Blow Up a Pipeline (15)
Directed by Daniel Goldhaber
★★★★
“ANYTIME anyone has challenged authority they’ve called it terrorism … if the American empire calls us terrorists then we’re doing something right” insists a group of 20-something environmental activists in this explosive part heist part eco-thriller which explores the climate crisis.
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