STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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100 Posters that Changed the World
(L to R) New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA) Planned Housing poster; Civil rights movement US, I am a Man; Stonewall, Some Poeple are Gay. Get over it! campaign poster; Family Planning Association (FPA, UK) 1970 ‘Pregnant Man’ campaign poster
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
GRANDIOSE marketing statements, like the claim contained in the title of this book, might invite disappointment from the discerning reader as inevitably more than a few posters included may not live up to the hype.
And, as is the case here, many classics are notable by their absence — Atelier Populaire, Rosta posters, Gustav Klutsis and Polish film and theatre posters among them.
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