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Appreciation
Appreciation
The spirit in the mass
ANGUS REID celebrates the achievement of Frank Auerbach, and the decisive influence of his teacher, David Bomberg
Attila the Stockbroker Diary: November 16, 2024
Free counselling (and free hugs) from Dr Attila in these dark times
Opinion
Opinion
Spot the difference
DAVID YEARSLEY reads the political subtext in the injudicious misfire of will.i.am’s resurrection of his Obama video for the Kamala Harris campaign
Music
Music
Album reviews with Michal Boncza: November 15, 2024
New releases from Linda Moyan, Niwel Tsumbu, Ineza with Alex Webb & the Copasetics
Cinema
Cinema
Film round up: November 15, 2024
Emotional repression in Hong Kong, emotional repression in the UK, swords and sandals and a forgettable family reunion: reviews of The Last Dance, Silent Men, Gladiator II and Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
Film of the Week:
Film of the Week:
Weaponising Jazz
MARIA DUARTE recommends an exploration of the way famous black jazz musicians were used as camouflage in the US plot to assassinate Lumumba
21st Century Poetry
21st Century Poetry
Welcome
by Jessamine O’Connor
Music review
Music review
Highly relevant raconteuring
TOM STONE recommends the sonic and visual impact of a band that keeps evolving, musically and politically
A musical tryst
CHRIS SEARLE marvels at the improvising genius of an Irish harpist and a Dutch drummer, meeting for the first time
Appreciation
Appreciation
Rapping at the door of the British class system
ADAM DE PAOR-EVANS remembers MC Duke: a pioneering British rapper more people should know about
