MARIA DUARTE and MICHAL BONCZA review Virginia Woolf’s Night & Day, Familiar Touch, Nino, and Toy Story 5
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Red Dead reprise is riveting, Kasandra's quest is quality but We Happy Few is fun-free
Red Dead Redemption II
[Rockstar Games]
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
MARTIN GRAHAM welcomes a statistical analysis of how much tax the super-rich pay, and foresees that the demand will flush out their agents
RICHARD WORTH relishes the fleeting moment and sense of flow of the late, great saxophonist
DENNIS BROE notes the thin, unfunny and apolitical quality of the gruel dished up by the US networks and studios for mass consumption
BARBARA BOSWELL remembers South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026)
Red Dead Redemption
Rockstar Games
★★★★★
ROCKSTAR GAMES'S previous release Grand Theft Auto 5 was a masterpiece that moved video-game storytelling, setting, writing and gameplay a step further.
The protagonists were brilliantly written. Motivations were understandable, the dialogue superb and tearing around as three of the most degenerate criminals in a fictionalised version of Los Angeles was incredible.
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