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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Keir Hardie and the 21st-century Socialist Revival
Timely reminder of Labour Party founder's vision
STILL RELEVANT: Keir Hardie
[George Charles Beresford]
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
IN THE dispiriting aftermath of the election, many may feel that there is a tragic irony in the subtitle to this collection of essays on the life and work of Labour Party founder Keir Hardie.
But they should take note of Jeremy Corbyn’s final sentence in his afterword to the book: “Hardie taught us much, above all, that his staying power against adversity could bring about change.”
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