Attila the Stockbroker Diary Attila the Stockbroker Diary Attila the Stockbroker Diary: April 18, 2025 Back from a mini tour of Yorkshire and Stockport and cheering for supporting act Indignation Meeting
Sunday 13th Apr 2025 A useful work of political ecology MARTIN GRAHAM recommends a book that makes a critique of neoclassical economics and attempts to envision a sustainable global future
Sunday 13th Apr 2025 The role of peasants in 20th century history JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times
Friday 11th Apr 2025 Time catches up with 1970s classic PAUL FOLEY is disappointed by a production that encourages the audience to laugh at rather than with the characters
Monday 14th Apr 2025 Punk or not, don't miss this Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month
Friday 11th Apr 2025 ‘Effervescent’ This is poetry in paint, spectacular but never spectacle for its own sake, writes JAN WOOLF
Cinema Thursday 10th Apr 2025 Cinema Film round-up: April 10, 2025 The Star's critics ANDY HEDGECOCK, MARTIN HALL, MICHAL BONCZA, ANGUS REID reviews Holy Cow, One to One: John and Yoko, King of Kings, Panda Bear in Africa
Film of the week Thursday 10th Apr 2025 Film of the week Underlining the senselessness of war Odysseus’s homecoming myth is treated as a factual story, with strong resonances for our contemporary world. This is an implicit anti-war film that has an urgent relevance, writes JOHN GREEN
Books Tuesday 08th Apr 2025 Books An outstanding anthology of female poets PATRICK JONES recommends a vital anthology from Afghan and Iranian poets where the political and personal fuse into witness-bearing and manifesto-making
Interview Tuesday 08th Apr 2025 Interview Tensions in the Chinese middle class ANGUS REID speaks to Lin Jianjie about his debut feature Brief History of a Family
