The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Tim Turnbull - All Power Does What?
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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
All Power Does What?
Tim Turnbull
It’s a shallow, slippery step; a trap
that sets you tumbling all the way
from mere dissembler, like Grant Shapps,
to fully fledged Duvalier;
from duck island expenses cheat
to something rather scarier:
an unremitting and complete
Tiberius, or Beria.
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