The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Richard Purnell - And?
Edited by JODY PORTER
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
And?
Richard Purnell
Banksy came
wielding his stencils
and his righteousness
with his subtle
as a rhinoceros
irony, telling a tale
of pigeons
and tropical birds
expecting the sunrise
would bring adulation and
four hundred grand.
Well, the pigeons acted
with their usual efficiency:
a phone call, a complaint
a council functionary
hosing down, with casual
indifference, the Bristolian
message, and responding
with their own brand
of rudimentary politics:
"Do one. Yes, you son.
Get the fuck out of Essex."
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